Dick Hall (Australian footballer)

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Dick Hall

| image =

| fullname = Richard John Hall

| birth_date = {{birth date|1872|11|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bedwellty, Monmouthshire, Wales

| death_date = {{death date and age|1906|12|14|1872|11|20|df=y}}

| death_place = South Preston, Victoria

| originalteam = Collingwood Juniors

| height = 178 cm

| weight = 75 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1897

| years1 = 1895-6

| club1 = Collingwood VFA)

| games_goals1 = 32 (19)

| years2 = 1897

| club2 = Collingwood VFL)

| games_goals2 = 1 (0)

| games_goalstotal = 33 (19)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Richard John Hall (20 November 1872 – 14 December 1906) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The son of James Hall (1846-1920),[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206939620 Deaths: Hall, The Age, (Thursday, 25 November 1920), p.1.] and Margaret Hall (1847-1908), née Jarman,[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202194112 Deaths: Hall, The Age, (Saturday, 17 October 1908), p.7.] Richard John Hall was born at Bedwellty, in Monmouthshire, in Wales on 20 November 1872, and arrived in Australia, at Melbourne, on the S.S. Northumberland, on 23 April 1873.

Football

=Collingwood (VFA)=

He played in 32 games for Collingwood in the VFA in 1895 and 1896,Pennings (2016), pp. 116, 123, 133, 145, 148, 457, 522, 578.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207489056 Football: Collingwood v. Combined Ballarat, The Ballarat Star, (Monday, 13 July 1896), p.4.] and was a follower for the Collingwood team that defeated South Melbourne in the 1896 VFA premiership match, Collingwood's last match in the VFA.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139731909 Football, The Australasian, (Saturday, 10 October 1896), p. 17.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164473496 Our Own Yesterdays, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 21 September 1935), p. 4.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page21361733 The Two Teams: Collingwood & So. Melbourne (photograph),The Leader, (Saturday, 10 October 1896), p.7]: Hall is the second Collingwood player from the left in the back row.

=Collingwood (VFL)=

He was the 23rd player to play for Collingwood in its first season of the VFL competition, playing in his single VFL game against South Melbourne, at the Lake Oval, on 29 May 1897.

He was granted a clearance from Collingwood to Albion United in the Victorian Junior Football Association in June 1897.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article190656001 Football: Victorian Junior Association, The Age, (Friday, 25 June 1897), p.3.]

Death

He died at South Preston, Victoria on 14 December 1906.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201678460 Deaths: Hall, The Age, (Saturday, 15 December 1906), p.7.]{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9640654 |title=Deaths: Hall |newspaper=The Argus |issue=18,850 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=15 December 1906 |page=13}}[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201674252 Law Notices, The Age, (Tuesday, 18 December 1906), p.4.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205002014 In Memoriam: Hall, (Saturday, 14 December 1907), p.7.]

Notes

References

[https://eprints.qut.edu.au/100083/18/Mark%27s%2BBook%2BVolume%2B4%2Br.pdf Pennings, Mark (2016), Origins of Australian Football: Victoria's early History: Volume 4: Tough Times: Victorian Football loses its Way, 1891 to 1896, Brunswick, Victoria: Grumpy Monks Publishing.] {{isbn|978-0-646-93604-8}}

== External links ==

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[https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/players/dick-hall/ Dick Hall's profile] at Collingwood Forever

Category:1872 births

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Category:VFL/AFL players born outside Australia

Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)

Category:Collingwood Football Club (VFA) players

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