Ernest Hall (footballer)

Ernest Hall

Personal information
Full name	Ernest Hall[1]
Date of birth	(1916-08-06)6 August 1916[1]
Place of birth	Crawcrook, England[1]
Date of death	7 July 1944(1944-07-07) (aged 27)
Place of death	St. Pölten, Austria
Height	5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m)[2]
Position(s)	Centre half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1933–1935	West Wylam Colliery
1935–1936	Newcastle United	2	(0)
1937–1938	Brighton & Hove Albion	3	(0)
1938–1939	Stoke City	0	(0)
Total		5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ernest Hall (6 August 1916 – 7 July 1944) was a footballer who played in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion and Newcastle United.[3][1]

Personal life

Hall served as a pilot officer in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War, being promoted to that rank from sergeant on 28 February 1944.[4][5] On 7 July 1944, he was killed in action piloting Vickers Wellington LP210 when the bomber was shot down during a bombing raid of Feuersbrunn aerodrome, near St. Pölten, Austria.[4][6] Hall is buried at the Klagenfurt War Cemetery.[4]

Career statistics

Source:[1]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Newcastle United	1935–36	Second Division	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Brighton & Hove Albion	1937–38	Third Division South	3	0	0	0	1[a]	0	4	0
Stoke City	1938–39	First Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0

1. Appearances in Third Division South Cup

References

1. Ernest Hall at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
2. "Newcastle United. Prospects of promotion not much improved". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. vi – via Newspapers.com.
3. Michael Joyce (October 2004). The Football League Player's Records 1888 to 1939. ISBN 1899468676.
4. "Casualty Details: Ernest Hall". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
5. "No. 36451". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 April 1944. p. 1541.
6. "Wellington BX LP210". RAFCommands. Retrieved 22 August 2020.