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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 9, 1870 Granville, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | November 10, 1932 (aged 62) Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1890–1891 | Dartmouth |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1892–1893 | Illinois |
| Baseball | |
| 1892–1894 | Illinois |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1892–1894 | Illinois |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 12–6–4 (football) 30–17 (baseball) |
| College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1951 (profile) | |
Edward Kimball Hall (June 9, 1870 – November 10, 1932) was an American football and baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator, lawyer, and business executive. He played college football at Dartmouth College from 1889 to 1891 and then served as the athletic director and head football and baseball coach at the University of Illinois from 1892 to 1894.
His business career included employment as a vice president of American Telephone and Telegraph Company from 1919 to 1930. He also served as a director of several companies, including Atlas Corporation, Electric Bond and Share Company, and United Fruit Company.
Hall gained his greatest notoriety from his work as an administrator in the formative years of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). After a spate of fatalities in 1905, football came under fire from college administrators, alumni, and President Theodore Roosevelt. The NCAA was formed in March 1906 in response to the controversy, and Hall was chosen to develop changes in the rules to make the game safer and more interesting. He replaced Walter Camp as secretary of college football's rules committee in 1906 and served as the committee's chairman from 1911 until his death in 1932.