Wilf Hall

Wilf Hall
Personal information
Full name Wilfred Hall[1]
Date of birth 14 October 1934
Place of birth Haydock, England[1]
Date of death August 2007 (age 72)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Earlestown
1954–1960 Stoke City 45 (0)
1960–1963 Ipswich Town 16 (0)
1964–1966 Macclesfield Town 98 (0)
1966–1968 Altrincham
1968–1972 Macclesfield Town 19 (0)
Total 178 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wilfred Hall (14 October 1934 – August 2007) was a footballer who played in the Football League for Ipswich Town and Stoke City.[1]

Career

Hall was born in Haydock, St. Helens and played football with Earlestown in the Lancashire Combination.[1] He impressed scouts from Football League side Stoke City and he joined them for a small fee.[1] He made his debut during Stoke's epic FA Cup third round tie against Bury. He played in all five matches against the "Shakers" in what is the longest cup match between two professional sides, in total it took 9 hours and 22 minutes before Stoke finally won.[1]

During this time at Stoke Hall was used as back up to first choice Bill Robertson and only had a sustained run in the side in the 1957–58 season.[1] He joined Ipswich Town in 1960 where he was again second choice this time to Roy Bailey.[1] He left Ipswich in 1963 and went on to play for Macclesfield Town.

Career statistics

Source:[2]

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stoke City 1954–55 Second Division 1 0 5 0 — — 6 0
1955–56 Second Division 6 0 0 0 — — 6 0
1956–57 Second Division 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
1957–58 Second Division 24 0 5 0 — — 29 0
1958–59 Second Division 11 0 2 0 — — 13 0
1959–60 Second Division 3 0 0 0 — — 3 0
Total 45 0 12 0 — — 57 0
Ipswich Town 1960–61 Second Division 4 0 0 0 0 0 — 4 0
1961–62 First Division 5 0 1 0 2 0 — 8 0
1962–63 First Division 7 0 0 0 0 0 — 7 0
Total 16 0 1 0 2 0 — 19 0
Macclesfield Town 1963–64[3] Cheshire League 41 0 5 0 — 11 0 57 0
1964–65[4] Cheshire League 37 0 5 0 — 5 0 47 0
1965–66[5] Cheshire League 20 0 3 0 — 2 0 25 0
1968–69[6] Northern Premier League 3 0 0 0 — 1 0 4 0
1969–70[7] Northern Premier League 2 0 0 0 — 5 0 7 0
1970–71[8] Northern Premier League 7 0 0 0 — 5 0 12 0
1971–72[9] Northern Premier League 5 0 0 0 — 3 0 8 0
1972–73[10] Northern Premier League 2 0 1 0 — 2 0 5 0
Total 117 0 14 0 — 34 0 165 0
Career Total 178 0 27 0 2 0 34 0 241 0

Honours

Ipswich Town

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ^ Wilf Hall at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  3. ^ "Cheshire League - 1963-64". Silkmen Archive.
  4. ^ "Cheshire League - 1964-65". Silkmen Archive.
  5. ^ "Cheshire League - 1964-65". Silkmen Archive.
  6. ^ "Cheshire League - 1968-69". Silkmen Archive.
  7. ^ "Cheshire League - 1969-70". Silkmen Archive.
  8. ^ "Cheshire League - 1970-71". Silkmen Archive.
  9. ^ "Cheshire League - 1971-72". Silkmen Archive.
  10. ^ "Cheshire League - 1972-73". Silkmen Archive.
  • Wilf Hall at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database