Allan_Hall_(footballer)

Allan Hall (footballer)

Allan Hall (footballer)

English footballer

Berthold Allan Couldwell Hall (29 March 1908 – 1983), commonly known as Allan Hall, was an English professional footballer who played for Park Labour, Doncaster Rovers, Middlesbrough, Bradford City, Lincoln City, Tottenham Hotspur, Blackpool and Gainsborough Trinity.[1]

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Football career

Hall began his career at non-League team Park Labour. In 1926 he joined Doncaster Rovers and made 30 appearances and scored 22 goals. The centre forward went on to have spells at Middlesbrough, Bradford City, Lincoln City, Tottenham Hotspur [2] and Blackpool.

At Blackpool, he scored five goals in his eight league appearances during the 1933–34 campaign. He found the net in his second appearance for the club,[3] in a 1–1 draw with Bolton Wanderers at Bloomfield Road on 24 March. In the following game, a 4–2 home victory over Southampton he scored once. Hall scored two goals in the return match against the Saints three days later, which the hosts won, before scoring his fifth in the next game, a 1–1 draw with Plymouth Argyle at Bloomfield Road.[4]

The following season, 1934–35, he scored four goals in eight league appearances.[5]

Hall finished his career with Gainsborough Trinity.

References

  1. [1]
    Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888-1939. soccerdata. p. 110. ISBN 1-899468-63-3.
  2. [2]
    Tottenham Hotspur F.C A-Z of players Retrieved 29 November 2012 Archived 15 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    "The Tottenham Connection" Archived 4 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine - BlackpoolMad.co.uk
  4. [4]
    Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992. Breedon Books Sport. p. 242. ISBN 1-873626-07-X.
  5. [5]
    Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992. Breedon Books Sport. p. 244.
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