Whaley Hall
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| Born: | September 6, 1941 Trussville, Alabama |
| Died: | March 7, 2015 (aged 73) Hampton, Virginia |
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| High school: | Hewitt-Trussville (AL) |
| College: | Ole Miss |
| Position: | Offensive tackle |
| NFL draft: | 1963 / Round: 4 / Pick: 48 |
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William Whaley Hall (September 6, 1941 – March 7, 2015) was an American football offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys. He also played for the Philadelphia Bulldogs of the Continental Football League. He played college football at the University of Mississippi.
Early years
Hall attended Hewitt-Trussville High School, before moving on to the University of Mississippi.
In 1962, he was a two-way tackle on a team that went undefeated (10-0), won a Southeastern Conference title and a share of the national championship. The next year he was named co-captain of a team that repeated as Southeastern Conference champions and played in the 1964 Sugar Bowl. He played three seasons, helping his team achieve a 26-3-2 record, while receiving invitations to two Sugar Bowls and one Cotton Bowl. As a senior, he was voted as the SEC Most Outstanding Lineman by the Birmingham Touchdown Club.[1]
In 1995, he was inducted into the Ole Miss Sports Hall of Fame.[2]
Professional career
Dallas Cowboys
Hall was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the fourth round (48th overall) of the 1963 NFL Draft with a future draft pick, which allowed the team to draft him before his college eligibility was over.[3] In 1964, he made the team as a backup offensive lineman, but did not play a down as a rookie.[4][5] He was released before the start of the 1965 season.
Philadelphia Bulldogs (CFL)
In 1965, he signed with the Philadelphia Bulldogs of the Continental Football League. The next year, he helped the team win the league's championship.[6]
Personal life
William "Whaley" Hall was a biological father to two children and was married for forty years at the time of his death. His son, Nathan Whaley Hall, LS1 (ESW/SW/AW), of the United States Navy, died on June 19, 2015, at aged 36. Nathan passed in a tragic motorcycle crash in Newport News, Virginia three months after his father's passing. Whaley's father was Varner “Pop” Whaley Hall, a little league World Series coach and an engineer for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, who was based in Trussville, Alabama where he was married to Vivonne Hall, Whaley’s mother. Whaley's cousin, Jon Howard Hall, also of Trussville, Alabama, is a published author who has written and published the following: Kyzer's Destiny: A Novel of Historical Fiction, 2009., NOCCALULA: Cherokee Princess of Alabama, 2013., Kyzer’s Promise: A Novel, 2014.
On March 7, 2015, Whaley died peacefully due to complications from mantle cell lymphoma cancer and diabetes in Hampton, Virginia. He died at 7:37 am, on a Saturday morning, on 3/7; his college football jersey number was 73. He was aged 73. He is survived by his daughter and granddaughter.
References
- ^ "Former Ole Miss All-American Whaley Hall dies". Retrieved September 24, 2016.
- ^ "Ole Miss Sports Hall of Fame Inductees". Retrieved September 24, 2016.
- ^ "'Miss' Stars to Dallas". Retrieved September 24, 2016.
- ^ "NFL Is In The Blood Of Four Renegades". Retrieved September 24, 2016.
- ^ "Cowboys Have Problem With Quarterback". Retrieved September 24, 2016.
- ^ "Former Hewitt-Trussville great Whaley Hall dies". Retrieved September 24, 2016.