Ernest Hall (footballer)

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 7 July 1944(1944-07-07) (aged 27)
Place of death St. Pölten, Austria
Height 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m)[2]
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 – 7 July 1944) was a footballer who played in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion and Newcastle United.[3][1]

Personal life

Hall served as a pilot officer in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War, being promoted to that rank from sergeant on 28 February 1944.[4][5] On 7 July 1944, he was killed in action piloting Vickers Wellington LP210 when the bomber was shot down during a bombing raid of Feuersbrunn aerodrome, near St. Pölten, Austria.[4][6] Hall is buried at the Klagenfurt War Cemetery.[4]

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 Ernest Hall at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Newcastle United. Prospects of promotion not much improved". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. vi – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Michael Joyce (October 2004). The Football League Player's Records 1888 to 1939. ISBN 1899468676.
  4. ^ a b c "Casualty Details: Ernest Hall". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  5. ^ "No. 36451". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 April 1944. p. 1541.
  6. ^ "Wellington BX LP210". RAFCommands. Retrieved 22 August 2020.


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