Fred Hall

Background

Hall was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire.

Career

In later life he was President of the Huntingdonshire Football Association. He was working as a coal miner when he signed for Birmingham City in March 1947. Not selected again until November 1949, when he also scored, he went on to play for Southern League club Bedford Town and Eynesbury Rovers of the Eastern Counties League.

Hall later managed Eynesbury as well as Huntingdonshire County representative sides.

He died in 2006 after a long illness at the age of 81.

Achievements

• A centre forward, Hall scored on his debut in the Second Division on 5 April 1947 in a 2–1 home win against Fulham, and kept his place for the next two games.

Membership

He became a member of the Huntingdonshire Football Association, and was appointed its President in 1991.