Almer Hall

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Almer Hall
Full name	Almeric George Hall
Date of birth	12 November 1912(1912-11-12)
Place of birth	Hove, England
Date of death	7 November 1994 (aged 81)
Place of death	England
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1930–1934 1934–1937 1937–1939 1939 1945–1950 1950–1953	Southwick Brighton & Hove Albion Tottenham Hotspur Southend United Bradford City West Ham United Margate	00 0(0) 16 0(3) 37 (10) 00 0(0) 50 (11) 67 (36)^[1]
Teams managed
1950–1970	Margate
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Almeric George "Almer" Hall (born Hove, 12 November 1912, died 7 November 1994) was an English football (soccer) player and manager.

Hall, a striker, began his professional career in 1930 with his local club Brighton & Hove Albion but before making any appearances for the Sussex club he moved to Tottenham Hotspur. He later played for Southend United, Bradford City, where his one appearance was later expunged from the records after the outbreak of the Second World War,^[2] and West Ham United, where he made 50 Football League appearances^[3] before moving to non-league Margate in 1950 as player-manager.^[1]

He played for the Kent club until 1953, when he retired from playing to concentrate on management, and remained the club's manager until 1970, his twenty year reign making him by far the club's longest serving manager. He led the team to a host of regional cup finals, as well as taking them into the rounds proper of the FA Cup on eleven occasions, but was not able to bring them any significant success in league competition.^[4]

After leaving Margate he had a spell as a scout for Luton Town.^[1]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c Margate FC history website
^ Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988. Breedon Books Sport, p336. ISBN 0907969380.
^ Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database
^ Margate FC history website

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