Benjamin Hall (6 March 1879 – 1963) was an English

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

player, manager and trainer, who played as a

centre half In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categ ...

. Hall's playing career saw him represent

Grimsby Town Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Nicknamed "the Mariners", the club was f ...

Derby County Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club in Derby, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. One of the 12 founder members of the English Football ...

Leicester Fosse Leicester City Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in the city of Leicester, East Midlands, England. The club compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football league system, English f ...

, Hyde, Heywood United and

South Shields South Shields () is a coastal town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England; it is on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. The town was once known in Roman Britain, Roman times as ''Arbeia'' and as ''Caer Urfa'' by the Early Middle Ag ...

before the First World War. After the war he worked as a trainer for

Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. They compete in , the third tier of English football league system, English football. Huddersfield Town we ...

before being appointed as Bristol Rovers' first

Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in Association football around the world, the w ...

manager in 1920. Three of his brothers, Harry, Ellis and Fretwell, also played in the Football League.

References

External links

* 1879 births 1963 deaths Footballers from Sheffield English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Grimsby Town F.C. players Derby County F.C. players Leicester City F.C. players Hyde United F.C. players Heywood United F.C. players Gateshead A.F.C. players English Football League players English football managers Bristol Rovers F.C. managers English Football League managers Huddersfield Town A.F.C. non-playing staff Sportspeople from Ecclesfield {{England-footy-midfielder-1870s-stub