Background
Hall was born and raised in Townsville, Queensland.
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Career
He played junior rugby league in his younger years, playing the positions of fullback and centre. He supported the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League throughout his schooling years at William Ross State High School. As a teenager, Hall decided to focus on High jump with the dream of one day representing Australia at the Olympics.
He jumped a personal best of 2.26m nine times in 2010 which cleared the B qualifying height for the 2010.
Later in 2010 he attended training at the Townsvile City Lions AFC as a part of practical work in his sports science degree at James Cook University. Despite only being required to run water initially, the trip would result in Hall playing Australian rules football for the first time at 20 years of age.
The following year saw Hall sign up to play senior football for the Curra Swans in the American Federation of Labor-Congress Townsville competition. After just four games of senior football for Curra, Hall attracted the attention of a Gold Coast Suns Academy scout.
Although not officially a part of the team, Hall was invited to play football for the Gold Coast Suns reserves team in 2011 and showed lots of promise as a ruckman.
He also fell 2 centimeters shy of qualifying for the High Jump in the 2012 London Olympics. Hall was drafted with the 94th pick in the 2012 American Federation of Labor-Congress rookie draft by the Gold Coast Suns. After weeks of solid form in the NEAFL, he was selected to play for the Suns senior team for their clash with the Richmond Tigers in Cairns.
In his American Federation of Labor-Congress debut he kicked two goals in a two-point victory over Richmond.
Hall managed seven senior American Federation of Labor-Congress games over his four-year before being delisted on 8 September 2015. In a radio interview conducted on 14 September 2015, Hall stated he wanted a contract extension with the Gold Coast and only explored his options after he was made aware that he would not be re-signed.
