Wilf Hall

Wilfred Hall (14 October 1934 – August 2007) was a footballer who played in the Football League for Ipswich Town and Stoke City.^[1]

Wilf Hall

Personal information
Full name	Wilfred Hall[1]
Date of birth	14 October 1934
Place of birth	Haydock, England[1]
Date of death	August 2007 (age 72)[1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Earlestown
1954–1960	Stoke City	45	(0)
1960–1963	Ipswich Town	16	(0)
1964–1966	Macclesfield Town	98	(0)
1966–1968	Altrincham
1968–1972	Macclesfield Town	19	(0)
Total		178	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Hall was born in Haydock, St. Helens and played football with Earlestown in the Lancashire Combination.^[1] He impressed scouts from Football League side Stoke City and he joined them for a small fee.^[1] He made his debut during Stoke's epic FA Cup third round tie against Bury. He played in all five matches against the "Shakers" in what is the longest cup match between two professional sides, in total it took 9 hours and 22 minutes before Stoke finally won.^[1]

During this time at Stoke Hall was used as back up to first choice Bill Robertson and only had a sustained run in the side in the 1957–58 season.^[1] He joined Ipswich Town in 1960 where he was again second choice this time to Roy Bailey.^[1] He left Ipswich in 1963 and went on to play for Macclesfield Town.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[2]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke City	1954–55	Second Division	1	0	5	0	—		—		6	0
	1955–56	Second Division	6	0	0	0	—		—		6	0
	1956–57	Second Division	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	1957–58	Second Division	24	0	5	0	—		—		29	0
	1958–59	Second Division	11	0	2	0	—		—		13	0
	1959–60	Second Division	3	0	0	0	—		—		3	0
	Total		45	0	12	0	—		—		57	0
Ipswich Town	1960–61	Second Division	4	0	0	0	0	0	—		4	0
	1961–62	First Division	5	0	1	0	2	0	—		8	0
	1962–63	First Division	7	0	0	0	0	0	—		7	0
	Total		16	0	1	0	2	0	—		19	0
Macclesfield Town	1963–64[3]	Cheshire League	41	0	5	0	—		11	0	57	0
	1964–65[4]	Cheshire League	37	0	5	0	—		5	0	47	0
	1965–66[5]	Cheshire League	20	0	3	0	—		2	0	25	0
	1968–69[6]	Northern Premier League	3	0	0	0	—		1	0	4	0
	1969–70[7]	Northern Premier League	2	0	0	0	—		5	0	7	0
	1970–71[8]	Northern Premier League	7	0	0	0	—		5	0	12	0
	1971–72[9]	Northern Premier League	5	0	0	0	—		3	0	8	0
	1972–73[10]	Northern Premier League	2	0	1	0	—		2	0	5	0
	Total		117	0	14	0	—		34	0	165	0
Career Total			178	0	27	0	2	0	34	0	241	0

Honours

Ipswich Town

• Football League Second Division champions: 1960–61