- Dick Hall (soccer)
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Dick Hall Personal information Full name Richard Hall Date of birth 3 July 1945 Place of birth Isle of Portland, England Playing position Defender Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1962–1967 Weymouth 164 (6) 1967–1968 Bournemouth & Boscombe 11 (0) 1968–1970 Weymouth 88 (1) 1970–1976 Dallas Tornado 122 (0) 1976–1979 Waterford ? (1) National team 1973-1975 United States 4 (0) Teams managed 1971- Greenhill School * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Richard “Dick” Hall is a retired English-American Association football defender. He played seven seasons with the Dallas Tornado in the North American Soccer League. He also earned four caps with the U.S. national team between 1973 and 1975. He currently coaches high school boys soccer in Dallas, Texas.
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Club career
In 1970, Hall moved to the U.S. from England and signed with the Dallas Tornado of the North American Soccer League (NASL). He spent the next seven seasons in Dallas. In 1971, the Tornado won the NASL championship as Hall was named a first team All Star. He was named a second team All Star in 1972 and 1974 before being named to the first team for a second time in 1975.
National team
After gaining his U.S. citizenship, Hall earned four caps with the U.S. national team between 1973 and 1975. His first game was a 2-0 loss to Mexico on October 16, 1973. He played in two losses to Haiti in November 1972. His last game came in a 6-0 loss to Argentina on August 21, 1975.[1]
Coaching
In 1971, Hall became the boys’ soccer coach at Greenhill School in Addison, Texas. In his thirty-six seasons at Greenhill, Hall has won over five hundred games and fifteen Southwest Preparatory Conference titles .[2]
External links
- Dick Hall (soccer) at National-Football-Teams.com
- Newspaper article profiling Coach Hall
- NASL stats
Categories:- 1945 births
- American soccer coaches
- American soccer players
- American people of English descent
- English emigrants to the United States
- Association football fullbacks
- Dallas Tornado players
- English footballers
- English expatriate footballers
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- North American Soccer League players
- United States men's international soccer players
- Living people
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