Edward Kimball Hall (June 9, 1870 – November 10, 1932) was an American football and baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator, lawyer, and business executive.

Hall gained his greatest notoriety from his work as an administrator in the formative years of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

After a spate of fatalities in 1905, football came under fire from college administrators, alumni, and President Theodore Roosevelt.

The NCAA was formed in March 1906 in response to the controversy, and Hall was chosen to develop changes in the rules to make the game safer and more interesting.

[1][4] In July 1892, several days after graduating from Dartmouth, Hall was hired by the University of Illinois to serve as head football coach and director of physical training at a salary of $1,000.

He announced at the time that he would spend the summer working as a waiter at a hotel in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, before reporting to Illinois.

He moved to Hanover, New Hampshire, where he lectured on industrial relations and management at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business.

[12] Famed sports writer Allison Danzig called Hall's death "the heaviest blow football has suffered in years.

"[13] In 1933, Hall ranked seventh in voting by the Associated Press to select the greatest sports leaders of the past decade.