He played both basketball and football for two seasons before joining the Army Air Force during World War Two.

[2] In his first season with the team, Hall set an NCAA record with 36.2 yards per kickoff return and was named All-Pacific Coast by the Associated Press.

[3][4] Hall was selected in the ninth round of the 1945 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles while still in the military.

[6] He was retroactively named All-Pro by the Professional Football Researchers Association and NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle referred to him as his "personal favorite" 49er in the foreword to a book on the team in 1986.

[7][3] Hall played briefly for the Erie Vets of the American Association in 1950 before retiring from football.