Albert Hall (footballer, born 1918)

Albert Hall
Personal information
Full name	Albert Edwards Benjamin Hall
Date of birth	3 September 1918
Place of birth	Barry, Wales
Date of death	3 February 1998 (aged 79)
Place of death	Shrewsbury, England
Height	5 ft 5+1⁄2 in (1.66 m)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1932–1935	Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years	Team
1935–1947	Tottenham Hotspur
1947	Plymouth Argyle
1947–1949	Chelmsford City
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Albert Edwards Benjamin Hall (3 September 1918 – 3 February 1998) was a Welsh footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Tottenham Hotspur and Plymouth Argyle.

Career

Hall played Second Division football for Tottenham Hotspur, having joined the club at the age of fourteen.^[4] He finished the 1938–39 season as the club's joint top-scorer (with Johnny Morrison) with 11 goals. During World War II, he guested for many clubs across the country: Port Vale, Short Brothers, Norwich City, Luton Town, Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, Reading, Millwall and Watford.^[1] After the war finished he returned to Joe Hulme's "Spurs", and helped the White Hart Lane club to a sixth-place finish in 1946–47. He then transferred to Plymouth Argyle, who were managed by former Spurs player Jack Tresadern.^[4] He made just nine appearances for the "Pilgrims" at the start of the 1947–48 season.^[4] He then left Home Park and moved into non-League football with Southern League side Chelmsford City.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 122. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0. ASIN 0952915200.
^ "Albert Hall". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
^ "'Spurs. The Hall-mark of soccer". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. vi – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c "GoS-DB Players". www.greensonscreen.co.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2022.

Albert Hall at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database