Hal Broda

{{Short description|American football player (1905–1985)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Hal Broda

| image = Hal Broda.jpg

| number =

| position = End

| birth_date = {{birth date|1905|7|27}}

| birth_place = Canton, Ohio, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1985|3|2|1905|7|31}}

| death_place = Broward County, Florida, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lbs = 180

| high_school = Canton (OH) McKinley

| college = Brown

| pastteams =

• Cleveland Bulldogs ({{NFL Year|1927}})

| highlights =

• First-team All-American (1926)
• First-team All-Eastern (1926)

| status =

| pfr = BrodHa20

}}

Harold Albert Broda (July 27, 1905 – February 13, 1989) was an American football player. He played at the end position in the National Football League (NFL) for the 1927 Cleveland Bulldogs.{{cite web|title=Hal Broda NFL Football Statistics|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BrodHa20.htm}}{{Cite book|title=Old Leather: An Oral History of Early Pro Football in Ohio, 1920-1935|author=Chris Willis|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2005|isbn=0810856603}}(Chapter 13 concerns Broda) He also played college football at Brown University,{{cite web|title=Harold A. Broda|publisher=Brown University|accessdate=August 29, 2014|url=http://www.brownbears.com/exceptional_bears/hallfame/Bios/broda_harold_a.00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035311/http://www.brownbears.com/exceptional_bears/hallfame/Bios/broda_harold_a.00.html|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead}} where he was selected by the Associated Press as a second-team player,{{cite news|title=Associated Press Picks All-American Eleven|work=Morning News Review|location=South Carolina|date=1926-12-05}} and by Central Press Association{{cite news|author=Norman Brown|title=Six Mid-West Stars Are On Nation's All-American Football Selection: Mythical Team of Million Grid Fans Released; 500 Newspapers Conduct Poll to Get Genuine Football Eleven|work=The Davenport Democrat And Leader|date=1926-12-13}} and New York Sun{{cite news|title=All-American Is Chosen By New York Sun|work=Athens Messenger|date=1926-11-28}} as a first-team selection, on the 1926 College Football All-America Team.