Ben Hall (footballer)

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Ben Hall
Personal information
Full name	Ben Hall
Date of birth	1881-03-06
Place of birth	Ecclesall, England
Date of death	1963 (aged 82)
Playing position	Centre half
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
	Grimsby Town Derby County Leicester Fosse South Shields
Teams managed
1920 – 1921	Bristol Rovers
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Ben Hall (1881-03-06 – 1963) was a football player, manager and trainer, who played as a centre half.

Hall's playing career saw him represent Grimsby Town, Derby County, Leicester Fosse and South Shields before World War I. After the war he worked as a trainer for Huddersfield Town before being appointed as Bristol Rovers' first Football League manager in 1920.

[edit] References

• Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club - The Definitive History 1883-2003. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2. 

[edit] External links

• Ben Hall management career stats at Soccerbase

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