After trials with Nottingham Forest and Mansfield Town, he turned professional with Stoke in October 1904.
[4] He played more than 50 games in the Football League, scoring 18 goals before joining Brighton & Hove Albion in 1906.
The makeweight in this case was Harry Kent, a centre-half who played only six times for Middlesbrough before returning to the Southern League with Watford.
Middlesbrough were nevertheless fined £100 over the transaction, as Hall's Football League registration was still held by Stoke.
[4] After retiring from football, Hall became the landlord of The Small Heath Tavern in Birmingham, where he remained until his death in 1949.