Fred Hall (footballer born 1924)

Fred Hall
Personal information
Full name Frederick Hall
Date of birth 24 November 1924(1924-11-24)
Place of birth Worksop, England
Date of death April 2006 (aged 81)
Playing position Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Whitwell OB ? (?)
1947–1949 Birmingham City 5 (2)
1949–19xx Bedford Town ? (?)
19xx–1963 Eynesbury Rovers ? (?)
Teams managed
Eynesbury Rovers
Huntingdonshire FA XI
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Frederick "Fred" Hall (24 November 1924 – April 2006) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham City F.C..[1] In later life he was President of the Huntingdonshire Football Association.

Hall was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. He was working as a coal miner when he signed for Birmingham City in March 1947.[2] A centre forward, Hall scored on his debut in the Second Division on 5 April 1947 in a 2–1 home win against Fulham, and kept his place for the next two games.[3] Not selected again until November 1949, when he also scored, he went on to play for Southern League club Bedford Town and Eynesbury Rovers of the Eastern Counties League.[4]

Hall later managed Eynesbury as well as Huntingdonshire County representative sides. He became a member of the Huntingdonshire Football Association, and was appointed its President in 1991. He died in 2006 after a long illness at the age of 81.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Birmingham City : 1946/47–2007/08". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/birmingham/birmingham.htm. Retrieved 27 April 2009. 
  2. ^ Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9. 
  3. ^ Matthews, p. 182.
  4. ^ a b "Club news". Eynesbury Rovers F.C.. http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/eynesburyrovers/club_news.pl?id=68179. Retrieved 13 March 2009. 
  5. ^ "Season 2005-06 Match Report Hunts Senior Cup Final" (PDF). St Neots Town F.C.. 1 May 2006. http://www.stneotsfc.com/archive/season/2005/2006-0501_ortonians(huntsenior).pdf. Retrieved 27 April 2009.