Wilf Hall

Wilf Hall
Personal information
Full nameWilfred Hall[1]
Date of birth14 October 1934
Place of birthHaydock, St. Helens, England[1]
Date of deathAugust 2007 (age 72)[1]
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Earlestown
1954–1960Stoke City45(0)
1960–1963Ipswich Town16(0)
1964–1966Macclesfield Town19(0)
1966–1968Altrincham
1968–1972Macclesfield Town98(0)
Total178(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Wilfred "Wilf" Hall (14 October 1934 – August 2007) was a footballer who played in the Football League for Ipswich Town and Stoke City.[1]

Career

Hall was born in Haydock, St. Helens and played football with Earlestown F.C. in the Lancashire Combination.[1] He impressed scouts from Football League side Stoke City and he joined them for a small fee.[1] He made his debut during Stoke's epic FA Cup third round tie against Bury. He played in all five matches against the "Shakers" in what is the longest cup match between two professional sides, in total it took 9 hours and 22 minutes before Stoke finally won.[1]

During this time at Stoke Hall was used as back up to first choice Bill Robertson and only had a sustained run in the side in the 1957–58 season.[1] He joined Ipswich Town in 1960 where he was again second choice this time to Roy Bailey.[1] He left Ipswich in 1963 and went on to play for Macclesfield Town.

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke City 1954–55 105060
1955–56 600060
1956–57 000000
1957–58 24050290
1958–59 11020130
1959–60 300030
Total 450120570
Ipswich Town 1960–61 40000040
1961–62 50102080
1962–63 70000070
Total 1601020190
Career Total 61013020760

Honours

Ipswich Town

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.

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