Brian Samuel Hall (9 March 1939 – September 2002) was an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played for

Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Stags', they ...

and

Colchester United Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1937, the club spent its earl ...

between 1958 and 1973. Hall made 361 appearances and scored 38 goals in eight years with Colchester. Originally an attacking left-side player, he spent much of his career as a left-back known for his dribbling skill when overlapping down the left wing. He was a great crowd favourite and was inducted into the club's Hall of Fame. After football, he ran a local sports shop with

Ray Crawford Ray Crawford (October 26, 1915 – February 1, 1996) was an American fighter ace, test pilot, race-car driver and businessman. Biography Born in Roswell, New Mexico, Crawford served as a U.S. Army Air Corps fighter pilot and flew the P-3 ...

that lasted for only two years. He died in September 2002 at the age of 63.

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League stats
at Neil Brown's site
Player stats
at coludata.co.uk 1939 births 2002 deaths English footballers Men's association football defenders Belper Town F.C. players Mansfield Town F.C. players Colchester United F.C. players Chelmsford City F.C. players Wimbledon F.C. players English Football League players People from Burbage, Leicestershire Footballers from Leicestershire {{England-footy-defender-1930s-stub