Duncan Hall

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Duncan Hall
Personal information
Full name Duncan Hall
Club information
Position(s) Front Row Forward
Second Row Forward
Current club Retired
Youth clubs
Years Club
1945 - 1947 Christian Brothers Rockhampton
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
1948 - 1949
1950 - 1952
1953
1954 - 1957		 Brisbane Valleys
Newtown (Toowoomba)
Home Hill (Nth Queensland)
Brisbane Wests
Representative teams
1948 - 1955
1948 - 1955		 Queensland
Australia		 24
22 (27)

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.

Duncan Hall is an Australian former rugby league footballer. He played in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership for Fortitude Valley Diehards and represented Queensland and Australia.

Contents

[edit] Playing Career

Representitive
  • Australia: 22 Tests (1948-1955) 2 Kangaroo tours
  • Queensland: 24 Matches (1948-1955)
Clubs
  • Christian Brothers Rockhampton (1945-1947)
  • To 1948 Rockhampton Senior Local Rugby League
  • 1948 - 49 Valleys (Brisbane)
  • 1950 - 52 Newtown (Toowoomba)
  • 1953 Home Hill (North Queensland)
  • 1954 - 57 Wests (Brisbane)

[edit] Career Highlights

  • Debuted for QLD & Australia in first year of Brisbane club football
  • Won Bulimba Cup with Brisbane (1948-49)
  • Member of QLD team to defeat Great Britain (1950)
  • Won Bulimba Cup with Toowoomba (1951-52)
  • JG Stephenson Trophy, ‘Most Serviceable for QLD’ (1951)
  • Kangaroo Tourist (1948/49), (1952/53)
  • Won Brisbane Rugby League premiership with Wests (1954)
  • Pike Cup winner with Wests (1954)
  • Gunner McCook Trophy, ‘Brisbane RL Best & Fairest’ (1954)
  • President’s Cup winner with Wests (1955-56)
  • Coached Wests to President’s Cup (1958)
  • Co-manager Australian World Cup team (1977)
  • Co-manager FIRST QLD State of Origin Team (1980)
  • Prop Forward - ARL Team of The Century (April 2008)

[edit] Post playing

In 2000 Hall was awarded the Australian Sports Medal. In 2006 he was inducted into the Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame.[1] The Duncan Hall Medal, is presented in his honour to award to the best and fairest player in the Queensland Cup.[2]

In February 2008, Hall was named in the list of Australia's 100 Greatest Players (1908–2007) which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia.[3][4] Hall went on to be named in the front-row in Australian rugby league's Team of the Century. Announced on 17 April 2008, the team is the panel's majority choice for each of the thirteen starting positions and four interchange players.[5][6]

Hall now resides in a nursing home at Coolum, Queensland. Son Duncan Hall Junior played for Wallabies - Australia Rugby Union - 15 tests (1980-83)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame. NRL & ARL (2008-03-17). Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
  2. ^ Duncan Hall Medal unveiled. League Unlimited (2007-09-14). Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
  3. ^ Centenary of Rugby League - The Players. NRL & ARL (2008-02-23). Retrieved on 2008-02-23.
  4. ^ Peter Cassidy. "Controversy reigns as NRL releases top 100 players", Macquarie National News, 2008-02-23. Retrieved on 2008-02-23. 
  5. ^ Todd Balym. "Johns, Meninga among Immortals", Fox Sports Australia, 2008-04-17. Retrieved on 2008-04-17. 
  6. ^ Team of the Century Announced. NRL & ARL (2008-04-17). Retrieved on 2008-04-17.