Duncan Hall

For the university residence hall, see Duncan Hall (University of Notre Dame).

Duncan Hall
Personal information
Born(1925-08-24)24 August 1925
Died18 January 2011(2011-01-18) (aged 85)
Playing information
PositionProp, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1945–47 Brothers (Rockhampton)
1948–49 Valleys (Brisbane)
1950 Home Hill (Foley Shield)
1951–53 Newtown (Toowoomba)
1954–57 Wests (Brisbane)
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1948–55 Queensland 24 24
1948–55 Australia 22 27
Source: [1]
RelativesDuncan Hall, Jr. (son)

Duncan Hall (24 August 1925 – 18 January 2011) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, singled out as having been amongst the greatest of the 20th century.[2] He played in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership for Fortitude Valley Diehards and represented Queensland and Australia. He has been named amongst the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century. Away from football Hall worked as a hotelier and bookmaker, and in his later years worked at the Broncos Leagues Club. His son Duncan Hall, Jr. played 15 rugby union tests for the Wallabies[3]

  1. ^ Duncan Hall stats at rugbyleagueproject.com
  2. ^ Century's Top 100 Players Archived 25 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Ricketts, Steve (19 January 2011). "Rugby league mourns the death of the Team of the Century prop Duncan Hall". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Retrieved 18 January 2011.