Alec Hall (Australian footballer)

Alec Hall
Hall in 1935
Personal information
Full name	Alexander James Hall
Nickname(s)	Joker
Date of birth	(1869-01-04)4 January 1869
Place of birth	Geelong
Date of death	8 March 1953(1953-03-08) (aged 84)
Place of death	Warrandyte, Victoria
Original team(s)	Preston / Essendon Association
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1898–1900	Essendon	19 (18)
1906	St Kilda	1 (0)
Total		20 (18)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1906	St Kilda	13 (4–9–0)
1907–1909	Melbourne	53 (24–28–1)
1910	Richmond	18 (7–10–1)
1911–1913	Melbourne	36 (13–23–0)
1925	Hawthorn	17 (3–14–0)
Total		137 (51–84–2)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1906.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Alexander James Hall (4 January 1869 – 8 March 1953^[1]) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1891 to 1896 then in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1898 to 1900. In 1906, his first year of coaching in the VFL, he played his only game for the St Kilda Football Club (under the assumed name of "Wyberg"). He went on to coach Melbourne (twice), Richmond and was Hawthorn's coach in their inaugural season in the VFL.^[2]

References

^ "Football Loses Great Identity". Sporting Globe. No. 4210. Victoria, Australia. 11 March 1953. p. 11. Retrieved 10 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Notes From The Clubs". The Argus. Melbourne. 3 April 1925. p. 6. Retrieved 28 April 2011 – via National Library of Australia.

Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 254. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.

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v t e Coaches of the St Kilda Football Club
VFL/AFL	1906: Hall 1908: Grace 1909: J. Smith 1911: Drohan 1913: Sparrow 1914: McNamara 1915; 1918:* J. Smith 1919: Eicke 1920: Sparrow 1920–1921: Ricketts 1922–1923: McNamara 1924: Eicke 1925–1926: Clark 1927: Heinz 1928–1929: Sparrow 1930: Cubbins 1931–1932: Hardy 1932: King 1933: Deane 1934: C. Watson 1935–1937: Minogue 1938–1940: Clarke 1941: Knight 1942–1943: Garvin 1944–1945: H. Thomas 1946–1947: Hird 1948–1950: Froude 1951: Green 1952–1953: Williamson 1954–1955: Foote 1956–1958: Killigrew 1959–1960: Francis 1961–1976: Jeans 1972, 1974: Guy 1977: R. Smith 1978–1980: M. Patterson 1980–1982: Jesaulenko 1983–1984: Jewell 1984–1986: Gellie 1987–1989: Baldock 1987: Davis 1990–1993: Sheldon 1994–1998: Alves 1999–2000: T. Watson 2001: Blight 2001–2006: G. Thomas 2007–2011: Lyon 2012–2013: Watters 2014–2019: Richardson 2019–2022: Ratten 2023–: Lyon
AFL Women's	2020–2021: Searle 2022 (S6)–: Dal Santo
St Kilda did not participate in the VFL from 1916–1917 due to World War I Italics* denote caretaker coach

v t e Coaches of the Melbourne Football Club
VFL/AFL	1907–1909: Hall 1910: Drohan 1911–1913: Hall 1914: Incigneri 1915: McKenzie 1919: Heinz 1920: Brosnan 1921–1923: Wilson 1924: Rattray 1925–1927: Chadwick 1928–1932: Warne-Smith 1933–1941: Hughes 1942–1944: Beames 1945–1948: Hughes 1949–1951: La Fontaine 1952–1965: Smith 1965: Hughes 1965–1967: Smith 1968–1970: Beckwith 1971–1973: Ridley 1974–1977: Skilton 1978: Jones 1979–1980: Ditterich 1981–1985: Barassi 1986–1992: Northey 1993–1997: Balme 1997: Hutchison 1998–2007: Daniher 2007: Riley 2008–2011: Bailey 2011: Viney 2012–2013: Neeld 2013: Craig 2014–2016: Roos 2017–: Goodwin
AFL Women's	2017–: Stinear
Italics denote caretaker coach

v t e Coaches of the Richmond Football Club
VFL/AFL	1908–1909: Condon 1910: Hall 1911: Incigneri 1912: C. Pannam 1913: Jenkins 1914–1916: Ricketts 1917: Maybury 1918: Nolan 1919: Clark 1920–1925: Minogue 1926: Morris 1927–1932: Hughes 1933: Schmidt 1934–1940: Bentley 1941–1952: Dyer 1953–1955: A. Pannam 1956: Oppy 1957–1960: McDonald 1961–1963: Rowe 1964–1965: Smith 1964: Harris 1965: Titus 1966–1976: Hafey 1976–1978: Richardson 1979–1981: Jewell 1982–1983: Bourke 1984: Patterson 1985: Sproule 1985–1987: Jewell 1988–1991: Bartlett 1992: Jeans 1993–1995: Northey 1996–1997: Walls 1997–1999: Gieschen 2000–2004: Frawley 2005–2009: Wallace 2009: Rawlings 2010–2023: Hardwick 2023: McQualter 2024–: Yze
AFL Women's	2020: Hunter 2021–: Ferguson
Italics denote caretaker coach

v t e Coaches of the Hawthorn Football Club
VFA	1914–1915: Gough 1919: McKenzie 1920: Alley 1920–1921: Rademacher 1922–1924: Walton
VFL/AFL	1925: Hall 1926–1927: Minogue 1928: Sutton 1929: Chadwick 1930–1931: Harris 1932: Jackson 1933: Phillips 1933: Rademacher 1933–1934: Twomey 1935–1938: McAlpine 1939: Thomas 1940–1941: Mills 1942–1943: Cazaly 1944: Lahiff 1945–1946: Shea 1947–1949: Albiston 1950–1951: McCaskill 1952–1959: Hale 1960–1963: Kennedy 1964–1965: Arthur 1966: O'Donohue 1967–1976: Kennedy 1977–1980: Parkin 1981–1987: Jeans 1988: Joyce 1989–1990: Jeans 1991–1993: Joyce 1994–1995: Knights 1996–1999: Judge 2000–2004: Schwab 2004: McDonald 2005–2021: Clarkson 2022–: Mitchell
AFL Women's	2022 (S7)–2023: Goddard 2024–: Webster
Italics denote caretaker coach

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