- Kenneth Hall (American football)
Infobox NFL player
ImageWidth = 250px
Name=Kenneth Hall
DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1935|12|13
Birthplace=Madisonville, Texas
Height_ft=6
Height_in=1
Weight_lbs=205
Position=QB / RB
College=Texas A&M
DraftedYear=1958
DraftedRound=14
DraftedPick=165
Awards=Championships:
1 NFL
1 AFL
3X HS Football
(35-1 record from 1951-1953/12 games per)
2X HS Track and Field
1X HS Basketball
Honors=Kenneth Hall Trophy
Kenneth Hall Stadium
Hall Lakes (40-acre subdivision in Sugar Land, TX)
Ken Hall Blvd.
Retired #s=
PFR=HallKe00
DatabaseFootball=HALLKEN01
years=1957-1958
1958–1959
1959-1960
1960-1961
1961
teams=Edmonton Eskimos Baltimore Colts Chicago Cardinals Houston Oilers St. Louis Cardinals
ProBowls=
Records=11,232 Career Rushing Yards - HS
32.9 Points Per Game - HS
31.2 Yards Kickoff Return % - Houston Oilers
104 Yard TD Return - Houston Oilers
HOF=Kenneth "The Sugar Land Express" Hall (born
December 13 ,1935 , inMadisonville, Texas ) was an American football player. Hall, a student-athlete, attended and played for the Sugar Land Gators (Sugar Land, Texas ) from 1950 to 1953. In his time at Sugar Land High, Hall broke and set 17 national football records, many of which still stand today after 55 years.fact|date=June 2008High School
His career prep rushing record of 11,232 yards(569 YDs 1950 - 3,160 YDs 1951 - 3,458 YDs 1952 - 4,045 YDs 1953)" "'and 32.9 points per game (1953/12) are still national records. His record of 38 100-yard games was tied by
Steve Worster in 1966 but wasn't broken until the mid-1980s byEmmitt Smith . Hall also finished his career with 14,558 yards of total offense (11,232 rushing/3,326 passing), a record that would last until being broken by current Major League Baseball playerJ. R. House in 1998.fact|date=June 2008 At Sugar Land, Hall played in the single-wing formation atquarterback , standing height|ft=6|in=1 and weighing in at convert|190|lb|kg st|abbr=on|lk=on. According to the "National High School Sports Record Book", Hall still holds multiple single-season records, including average points per game (32.9), touchdowns per game (4.8) and rushing yards per game (337.1).fact|date=June 2008 In a contest againstHouston Lutheran High School in 1953, Hall averaged 47.3 yards on 11 carries for 520 yards (the state record for nearly 25 years, currently 4th), returned a punt 82 yards, a kickoff run of 64 yards and snatched a 21 yard interception for a combined 687 total yards.fact|date=June 2008College
Hall was recruited by a number of prominent schools, and chose to attend Texas A&M under college Coach
Paul "Bear" Bryant .National Football League
Hall played in the National Football League from 1958-1961.
Retirement
In 1983, Hall was enshrined in the
National High School Hall of Fame . Hall also belongs to theTexas High School Football Hall of Fame and theTexas Sports Hall of Fame . Hall was honored, by Sports Link, in 1999 with the creation of theKenneth Hall Trophy . Serving as the nation's highest high school football honor, the Kenneth Hall Trophy (molded in Hall's likeness) is presented annually to the most outstanding football player in the nation. Some past winners includeChris Leak , Adrian Peterson,Mitch Mustain , andTerrelle Pryor .Records
Fifty-five years later, Hall still holds the following Texas State records:fact|date=June 2008
*Single-Season Rushing Yards (4,045/1953; this was accomplished in 12 games, and Hall remains the only Texas running back to rush for over 4,000 yards in one year)
*Career Scoring (899 Points/1950-53)
*Single-Season Scoring (395 Points/1953/12)
*Rushing Per Game (337.1 Yards/1953/12)
*Points Per Game (32.9/1953/12)
*Career Rushing (11,232 Yards/1950-53)ee also
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Kenneth Hall Trophy External links
* [http://www.myspace.com/thesugarlandexpress31 MySpace]
* [http://www.thesugarlandexpress31.com Official Website - Coming Soon!]
* [http://www.texasbob.com/stadium/stadium.php?id=520 Kenneth Hall Stadium]
* [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/highschool/12/19/army.allamericans/ Sports Illustrated]
* [http://www.nfhs.org/web/2004/01/athletes_hm.aspx Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.herald-coaster.com/articles/2004/10/05/news/news04.txt Dedication Ceremony]
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