Kenneth Hall (football player)

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Kenneth Hall

Date of birth:	December 13, 1935 (1935-12-13) (age 72)
Place of birth:	Madisonville, Texas
Career information
Position(s):	QB / RB
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	205 lb (93 kg)
College:	Texas A&M
NFL Draft:	1958 / Round: 14 / Pick: 165
Organizations
As player:
1957-1958 1958–1959 1959-1960 1960-1961 1961	Edmonton Eskimos Baltimore Colts - I.R. Chicago Cardinals Houston Oilers St. Louis Cardinals
Career highlights and Awards
Awards:	Championships: 1 NFL 1 AFL 3X HS Football 2X HS Track and Field 1X HS Basketball
Honors:	Kenneth Hall Trophy Kenneth Hall Stadium Hall Lakes (40-acre subdivision in Sugar Land, TX) Ken Hall Blvd.
Records:	11,232 Career Rushing Yards - HS 32.9 Points Per Game - HS 104 Yard TD Return - Houston Oilers
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Kenneth "The Sugar Land Express" Hall (born December 13, 1935, in Madisonville, Texas), is statistically THE greatest all-around high school football player in history.^{[citation needed]} Hall, a student-athlete, attended and played for the Sugar Land Gators (Sugar Land, Texas) from 1950 to 1953. In his time at Sugar Land High, Hall broke and set 17 national football records, many of which still stand today after 55 years!^{[citation needed]} A triple threat, Hall also set and won state championships in track and field and basketball for his alma mater.

Kenneth Hall is still a legend today.^{[original research?]} His career football rushing record of 11,232 yards (1950-53) and 32.9 points per game (1953/12) are still a national records. His record of 33 100-yard games wasn't topped until the mid-1980s by Emmitt Smith. Hall also finished his career with 14,558 yards of total offense, a record that would last until being broken by current Major League Baseball player J. R. House in 1998.^{[citation needed]} At Sugar Land, Hall played in the single-wing formation at quarterback, standing 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) and weighing in at 180 lb (82 kg/13 st). According to the National High School Sports Record Book, Hall still holds multiple single-season records, including average points per game (32.9), touchdowns per game (4.8) and rushing yards per game (337.1).^{[citation needed]} In a contest against Houston Lutheran High School in 1953, Hall averaged 47.3 yards on 11 carries for 520 yards (the state record for nearly 25 years, currently 4th), returned a punt 82 yards, a kickoff run of 64 yards and snatched a 21 yard interception for an astonishing 687 total yards!^{[citation needed]}

55 years later, Hall still holds the following Texas State records:^{[citation needed]}
(NOTE: ALL of Hall's football records were set in the first 3 quarters of play. He seldom ever played a full game during his prep career)^{[citation needed]}

Single-Season Rushing Yards (4,045/1953; this was accomplished in 12 games, and Hall remains the only Texas running back to rush for over 4,000 yards in one year)
Career Scoring (899 Points/1950-53)
Single-Season Scoring (395 Points/1953/12)
Rushing Per Game (337.1 Yards/1953/12)
Points Per Game (32.9/1953/12)
Career Rushing (11,232 Yards/1950-53)

Hall, with Mitch Mustain (right)

Hall was recruited by a number of prominent schools, and chose to attend Texas A&M under famed college Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant. As a freshman, Hall was not part of the training camp in 1954 whose participants were later dubbed as “Junction Boys”. Hall, unfortunately, did not excel in college as he did in high school, due largely to the program's poor judgement.^{[citation needed]} In a 1981 letter, Coach Bryant privately apologized to Hall for not properly handling the young sensation.^{[citation needed]} In 1983, Hall was enshrined in the National High School Hall of Fame. Hall also belongs to the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. Hall was honored, by Sports Link, in 1999 with the creation of the Kenneth Hall Trophy. Serving as the nation's highest high school football honor, the Kenneth Hall Trophy (molded in Hall's likeness) is presented annually to the most outstanding football player in the nation. Some past winners include Chris Leak, Adrian Peterson, Mitch Mustain, and Terrelle Pryor.