Alexander Webster Hall (6 November 1908 – 5 September 1991) was a
Scottish footballer who played as a
left back.
Club career
Sunderland
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acquired Hall from
Dunfermline Athletic for £750 in 1929.
He made his debut on 4 May 1929 in a 0–4 loss against
Sheffield United at
Bramall Lane,
and was placed on the reserve list until the 1934–35 season.
In his time at Sunderland, he made 235 appearances (discounting three void league games in 1939) with only one goal,
and led the club to victory in the
1936 FA Charity Shield and
1937 FA Cup Final.
The
Second World War
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saw him move to
Hibernian, initially as a guest player then a permanent signing, where he played over 200 wartime games then made one appearance in the
1946–47 season.
References
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1908 births
1991 deaths
Footballers from West Lothian
Scottish men's footballers
Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players
Sunderland A.F.C. players
Hibernian F.C. players
Hibernian F.C. wartime guest players
Scottish Junior Football Association players
Scottish Football League players
English Football League players
Men's association football fullbacks
20th-century Scottish sportsmen