[1] At the 1950 British Empire Games held in Auckland, New Zealand, Hale won a gold medal as a member of the England's winning team in the men's 3x100-yard medley relay, together with Pat Kendall and Roy Romain.

He also received a bronze medal with the third-place English team of Donald Bland, Pat Kendall and Ray Legg in the men's 4x220-yard freestyle relay.

[4] Hale missed the 1952 Summer Olympics, following an accident in which he suffered broken ribs when a diver landed on top of him.

Hale is widely credited with the development of the dolphin kick in the modern butterfly stroke.

He was responsible for setting several British and World records for his age group which lasted for many years [6] In 1997 at the ASA masters he set the World, European and British record for 100m Freestyle in the 75-79 age group [7] He died in Hull in 2008.