Hall was born in
Bath and played for Twerton Youth Club before joining Bristol Rovers as a junior in 1958. A year later, he turned professional at the age of seventeen, but it was a further three and a half years before he finally made his League debut, on 20 April 1962 against
Charlton Athletic. He finally established himself as the first choice between the sticks after the then incumbent 'keeper
Esmond Million received a lifetime ban from football in 1963 for accepting a bribe to throw a game against
Bradford Park Avenue. Following the Million scandal, Hall then played in Rovers' next 134 consecutive games in all competitions. In total, he played 163 League games for the Rovers having his career prematurely ended on 31 December 1966 at the age of 24. On that day, he challenged
Middlesbrough forward John O'Rourke for the ball, but the pair collided so severely that it knocked Hall out and left him in a coma in
Frenchay Hospital for sixteen days. Although he recovered from this incident sufficiently to live a normal life, he was unable to resume his football career. He later took on the job of groundsman of the Imperial Sports Ground in
Knowle, Bristol. ==Death==