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Ernest Hall (footballer)

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Ernest Hall
Personal information
Full name Ernest Hall[1]
Date of birth (1916-08-06)6 August 1916[1]
Place of birth Crawcrook, England[1]
Date of death 1944 (aged 27–28)[1]
Position(s) Centre Half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1933–1935 West Wylam Colliery
1935–1936 Newcastle United 2 (0)
1937–1938 Brighton & Hove Albion 3 (0)
1938–1939 Stoke City 0 (0)
Total 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ernest Hall (6 August 1916 - 1944) was a footballer who played in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion and Newcastle United.[2][1] Hall was a pilot with the Royal Air Force in World War II who lost his life, aged 28, when his Wellington bomber was shot down in 1944.[3]

Career statistics

Source:[1]

Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Newcastle United 1935–36 Second Division 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Brighton & Hove Albion 1937–38 Third Division South 3 0 0 0 1[a] 0 4 0
Stoke City 1938–39 First Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
  1. ^ Appearances in Third Division South Cup

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Ernest Hall at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. ^ Michael Joyce. The Football League Player's Records 1888 to 1939. ISBN 1899468676.
  3. ^ "The men who made Newcastle United". The Journal. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2015.