Albert Hall (athlete)

Albert William Hall (August 2, 1934 – October 9, 2008) was an American hammer throw champion, who competed in the Olympics on four occasions.

Hall grew up on the family's farm in Hanson, Massachusetts, where he built up his physique using a set of weights he had constructed from concrete cylinders.

[2] He attended Cornell University, where he was the intercollegiate heptagonal track and field champion on three occasions.

[4] At the Pan American Games, Hall won three gold medals, winning one in each of three consecutive decades.

In 2004, the Whitman VFW Post 697 established the Albert W. Hall Award, a cherry wood trophy with an Olympian on top, which is presented each year to a male and female student-athlete at Whitman-Hanson Regional High School who exemplifies the qualities of teamwork, dedication, and perseverance.