Alexander Hall (soccer)

Alexander Noble Hall (3 December 1880 – 25 September 1943), sometimes known as Sandy Hall, was a professional soccer player who played as a centre forward in the Scottish League for Dunfermline Athletic, Dundee, Motherwell and St Bernard's. Born in Scotland, he was a part of Canada's gold medal-winning 1904 Olympic team and finished the tournament as joint-top scorer, with three goals. The goals came in the form of a hat-trick in a 7–0 win over the United States, represented by Christian Brothers College.

Personal life
Born in Aberdeen and growing up in Peterhead, Hall played amateur football and worked as a stonecutter locally before emigrating to Canada in 1901. He returned to Scotland in 1905 and became a professional footballer in 1906. In 1912, the Carnegie Hero Fund and the Royal Humane Society recognised Hall with awards for bravery, for his rescuing of a child from Peterhead harbour. While a player with Dunfermline Athletic prior to the First World War, he also served as the club's groundsman. During the war, Hall served in the Royal Garrison Artillery, the Royal Engineers, the Tank Corps and married his wife, with whom he had three children. The family emigrated to Toronto in 1923 and he worked at Wellington Destructor. Hall died in Toronto on 25 September 1943.

In 1983, Hall's youngest son Tom was the world's first recipient of a successful single lung transplant.

Club


International

 * Scores and results list Canada Olympic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hall goal.

Honours
Canada Olympic


 * Summer Olympic Games: 1904

St Bernard's


 * Scottish League Second Division: 1906–07

Dundee

Motherwell
 * Scottish Cup: 1909–10


 * Lanarkshire Cup: 1911–12

Dunfermline Athletic


 * Fife Cup: 1913–14

Peterhead


 * Aberdeenshire Charity Cup: 1920–21

Individual


 * Summer Olympic Games top-scorer: 1904