Charley Hall (rugby union)
Appearance
Full name | Charles John Hall | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 15 July 1874 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Gloucester, England | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 14 November 1944 | (aged 70)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Oxford, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Charles John Hall (15 July 1874 – 14 November 1944) was an English international rugby union player.
Hall was the eldest of seven brothers who played rugby for Gloucester. He was the only one to earn international honours, although his brother Billy gained England caps in rugby league. In 1901, Hall made his two appearances for England, against Ireland at Lansdowne Road and Scotland at Blackheath. He featured 35 times for Gloucestershire and captained the county in their 1901–02 championship final loss to Durham.[1]
A dock worker outside of rugby, Hall later spent three decades as landlord of the Sharpness Hotel, before moving to Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire for his final years, managing the Plough Inn.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ King, Malc (21 January 2012). "Hall, Brothers". Gloucester Rugby Heritage.
- ^ "Was Glo'ster and England Rugby Star". Gloucester Citizen. 16 November 1944.
External links
[edit]- Charley Hall at ESPNscrum