John A. Hall (American football)

John Arthur Hall (September 16, 1877 – October 1, 1919) was an American football player and coach.

Hall also played ice hockey on intercollegiate and amateur levels for Yale University and teams in New York City and Pittsburgh.

[1] During his one season as head coach, the Carlisle Indians football team compiled a 6–4 record and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 205 to 99.

During the 1896–97 and 1897–98 seasons he appeared with both the Yale University team and with the Brooklyn Skating Club of the newly formed American Amateur Hockey League.

Between 1898 and 1903 Hall played with different Pittsburgh teams in the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, primarily the Duquesne Country & Athletic Club and the Keystones.

He served during 1916 in the Connecticut National Guard, Second Infantry, attaining the rank of battalion sergeant major.