Alex Hall (footballer, born 1908)

Alex Hall
Personal information
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
–	Wallyford Bluebell
1928–1929	Dunfermline Athletic
1929–1941	Sunderland
1939–1941	Hibernian (guest)
1941–1947	Hibernian
	*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]

Club career[edit]

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]

^ Dykes, Garth; Lamming, Doug (2000). All The Lads: A Complete Who's Who of Sunderand AFC. Sunderland AFC. p. 173. ISBN 1-899538-15-1.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Alex Hall". The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 31 August 2006. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ ^a ^b ^c "SAFC TOP 100". A Love Supreme. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
^ "1936/37 F.A. Charity Shield". footballsite.co.uk. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
^ Hibernian Player Alex Hall Details, FitbaStats
^ Alex Hall at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database