Alexander James Hall (4 January 1869 – 8 March 1953) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played for the

Essendon Football Club The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers or colloquially the Dons, is a professional Australian rules football club that plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the game's premier competition. The club was formed by the McCrac ...

in the

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(VFA) in 1891 to 1896 then in the

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(VFL) from 1898 to 1900. In 1906, his first year of coaching in the VFL, he played his only game for the

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(under the assumed name of "Wyberg"). He went on to coach

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(twice),

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and was Hawthorn's coach in their inaugural season in the VFL.

References

* Hogan P: ''The Tigers Of Old'', Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996 *

External links

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Alec Hall's coaching statistics
from AFL Tables
Essendon Football Club profile
St Kilda Football Club coaches Essendon Football Club players St Kilda Football Club players Essendon Association Football Club players Melbourne Football Club coaches Richmond Football Club coaches Hawthorn Football Club coaches Williamstown Football Club coaches Northern Bullants players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) 1869 births 1953 deaths Essendon Football Club (VFA) players {{AFL-bio-1860s-stub