Albert Edward Hall (21 January 1882 – 17 October 1957) was an English professional

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who played for

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and

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Career

Aston Villa signed Hall from Stourbridge in 1903. He scored six goals in his nine league outings in the 1903–04 season. He is noted as having been a hard working

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player who teamed up well with

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between 1904 and 1910.Hayes, pp.80 Hall was a consistent goalscorer, scoring 61 goals in 214 league and cup appearances. In 1913 Hall left Villa to join

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and he retired in 1916.

Honours

With Villa, Hall won an

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in 1905 and the First Division championship medal in 1910, the year when he won his first, and only,

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in a game against Ireland.

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