Alex Hall (Australian footballer)

Alex Hall
Personal information
Date of birth	(1869-01-04)4 January 1869
Date of death
Original team(s)	Preston / Essendon Association
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1898–1900 1906 Total -	Essendon St Kilda	19 (18) 01 0(0) 20 (18)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1906 1907–1909 1910 1911–1913 1925 Total -	St Kilda Melbourne Richmond Melbourne Hawthorn	013 00(4-9-0) 053 (24-28-1) 018 0(7-10-1) 036 (13-23-0) 017 0(3-14-0) 137 (51-84-2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1906 season.

Alex "Joker" Hall (4 January 1869 – 8 March 1933) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1891 to 1896 then in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1898 to 1900. In 1906, his first year of coaching in the VFL, he played his only game for the St Kilda Football Club (under the assumed name of "Wyberg"). He went on to coach Melbourne (twice), Richmond and was Hawthorn's coach in their inaugural season in the VFL.

References

• Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
• Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 254. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.
• Alex Hall's statistics from AFL Tables
• Alex Hall's coaching statistics from AFL Tables
• Essendon Football Club profile