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Wilf Hall
Personal information
Full name	Wilfred Hall
Date of birth	14 October 1934
Place of birth	Haydock, St. Helens, England
Date of death	August 2007 (age 72)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
–	Earlestown
1954–1960	Stoke City
1960–1963	Ipswich Town
1964–1966	Macclesfield Town
1966–1968	Altrincham
1968–1972	Macclesfield Town
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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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
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke City	1954–55	1	0	5	0	–		6	0
	1955–56	6	0	0	0	–		6	0
	1956–57	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	1957–58	24	0	5	0	–		29	0
	1958–59	11	0	2	0	–		13	0
	1959–60	3	0	0	0	–		3	0
	Total	45	0	12	0	–		57	0
Ipswich Town	1960–61	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	1961–62	5	0	1	0	2	0	8	0
	1962–63	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	Total	16	0	1	0	2	0	19	0
Career Total		61	0	13	0	2	0	76	0

Honours

Ipswich Town

Football League Second Division champions: 1960–61

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.

External links

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[The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.

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 ==Career==
-Hall was born in [[Haydock]], [[St Helens, Merseyside|St. Helens]] and played football with Earlestown in the [[Lancashire Combination]].<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> He impressed scouts from [[the Football League|Football League]] side [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]] and he joined them for a small fee.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> He made his debut during Stoke's epic [[FA Cup]] third round tie against [[Bury F.C.|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.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/>
+Hall was born in [[Haydock]], [[St Helens, Merseyside|St. Helens]] and played football with [[Earlestown F.C.]] in the [[Lancashire Combination]].<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> He impressed scouts from [[the Football League|Football League]] side [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]] and he joined them for a small fee.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> He made his debut during Stoke's epic [[FA Cup]] third round tie against [[Bury F.C.|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.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/>
 During this time at Stoke Hall was used as back up to first choice [[Bill Robertson (English footballer)|Bill Robertson]] and only had a sustained run in the side in the [[1957–58 Stoke City F.C. season|1957–58]] season.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> He joined [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]] in 1960 where he was again second choice this time to [[Roy Bailey (footballer)|Roy Bailey]].<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> He left Ipswich in 1963 and went on to play for [[Macclesfield Town F.C.|Macclesfield Town]].