Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexander Webster Hall | ||
Date of birth | 6 November 1908 | ||
Place of birth | East Calder, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 5 September 1991 | (aged 82)||
Place of death | East Calder, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
– | Wallyford Bluebell | ||
1928–1929 | Dunfermline Athletic | 22 | (0) |
1929–1941 | Sunderland | 206 | (1) |
1939–1941 | Hibernian (guest) | 0 | (0) |
1941–1947 | Hibernian | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alexander Webster Hall (6 November 1908 – 5 September 1991)[1] was a Scottish footballer who played as a left back.[2][3]
Sunderland acquired Hall from Dunfermline Athletic for £750 in 1929.[4] He made his debut on 4 May 1929 in a 0–4 loss against Sheffield United at Bramall Lane,[2] and was placed on the reserve list until the 1934–35 season.[4] In his time at Sunderland, he made 235 appearances (discounting three void league games in 1939) with only one goal,[2] and led the club to victory in the 1936 FA Charity Shield and 1937 FA Cup Final.[4][5] The Second World War saw him move to Hibernian, initially as a guest player then a permanent signing, where he played over 200 wartime games[6] then made one appearance in the 1946–47 season.[7]