Jack Hall (footballer, born 1885)

Jack Hall
Personal information
Date of birth	6 May 1885
Place of birth	Tyne Dock, South Shields, England
Position(s)	Outside right
Youth career
	Harton Star
	Kingston Villa
Senior career*
Years	Team
1905–1908	Barnsley
1908–1909	Brighton & Hove Albion
	Rochdale
	South Shields
1910–1911	Preston North End
1914−1915	Doncaster Rovers
	Pontypridd
	South Shields
Managerial career
1926–1929	Feyenoord
1929–1935	PSV
1935–1936	Willem II
1937	VUC
1939–1940	Feyenoord
1946–1949	VUC
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Edward W. Hall^[2] (born 6 May 1885) was an English football player who later became a manager in the Netherlands.

Playing career

Born in Tyne Dock, South Shields, he started his playing career with local sides Harton Star and Kingston Villa, before joining Barnsley in 1905. After three seasons with Barnsley, he moved to the Southern League with Brighton & Hove Albion. After spells with Rochdale and his home town club, South Shields, he returned to the Football League with Preston North End in 1910. He then played for Doncaster Rovers^[3] and Pontypridd, before returning to South Shields.^[4]

Coaching career

He coached Dutch club side PSV between 1929 and 1935,^[5] after which he spent a year with Willem II.^[6] He also coached Feyenoord between 1926 and 1929, and again between 1939 and 1940, as well as VUC in 1937 and from 1946 to 1949.^[7]

References

^ Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
^ "FreeBMD entry info". Free BMD. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
^ Bluff, Tony (2011). Donny:Doncaster Rovers F.C. The Complete History (1879−2010). Yore Publications. ISBN 978-0-9569848-3-8.
^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 111. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
^ "Presidents and Head Coaches". PSV Eindhoven. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
^ "Uit de oude doos: de trainers van Willem II" [From the old days: Willem II's head coaches] (in Dutch). Willem II. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
^ "Jack Hall nam afscheid van VUC" [Jack Hall took his leave of VUC]. Het Binnenhof (in Dutch). 24 February 1949. p. 5 – via Delpher.