James Leonard Hall (born 21 March 1945) is an English former
footballer
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who played as a
forward
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* Forward (surname)
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* Forward (association football)
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.
He started his football career at
Northampton ON Chenecks as a youth player gaining one cap for England Youth before he made 450 appearances in
the Football League
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, including over 300 for
Peterborough United
Peterborough United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Peterborough have a long-standing ...
.
[Football League career stats at Neil Brown]
/ref> He scored 122 League goals for Peterborough between 1967–1975, and is their all-time leading League goalscorer.
References
1945 births
Living people
Footballers from Northampton
Association football forwards
Northampton Town F.C. players
Peterborough United F.C. players
Cambridge United F.C. players
English Football League players
English footballers
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