Dick Hall
Personal information
Full name Richard John Hall
Date of birth (1872-11-20)20 November 1872
Place of birth Bedwellty, Monmouthshire, Wales
Date of death 14 December 1906(1906-12-14) (aged 34)
Original team(s) Collingwood Juniors
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1897 Collingwood 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1897.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Richard John Hall (20 November 1872 – 14 December 1906) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The son of James Hall (1846-1920),[1] and Margaret Hall (1847-1908),[2] née Jarman, Richard John Hall was born at Bedwellty, in Monmouthshire, in Wales on 20 November 1872, and arrived in Australia in April 1873.

Football

Having played for Collingwood in the VFA in 1895 and 1896,[3] he was the 23rd player to play for Collingwood in its first season of the VFL competition, playing in his single game against South Melbourne, at the Lake Oval, on 29 May 1897.

He was granted a clearance from Collingwood to Albion United in the Victorian Junior Football Association in June 1897.[4]

Death

He died at East Preston on 14 December 1906.[5][6][7][8]

Notes

  1. ↑ Deaths: Hall, The Age, (Thursday, 25 November 1920), p.1.
  2. ↑ Deaths: Hall, The Age, (Saturday, 17 October 1908), p.7.
  3. ↑ Football: Collingwood v. Combined Ballarat, The Ballarat Star, (Monday, 13 July 1896), p.4.
  4. ↑ Football: Victorian Junior Association, The Age, (Friday, 25 June 1897), p.3.
  5. ↑ Deaths: Hall, The Age, (Saturday, 15 December 1906), p.7.
  6. ↑ "Deaths: Hall". The Argus. No. 18, 850. Victoria, Australia. 15 December 1906. p. 13.
  7. ↑ Law Notices, The Age, (Tuesday, 18 December 1906), p.4.
  8. ↑ In Memoriam: Hall, (Saturday, 14 December 1907), p.7.
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