Herbie Hall
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 March 1926 Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 February 2013 (aged 86) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Freestyle wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Bolton Harriers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Herbert Henry Hall (16 March 1926 – 26 February 2013) was a British wrestler who competed at two Olympic Games.
Biography
Hall was a notable Lancashire catch-as-catch-can wrestler and a ten-time British freestyle wrestling champion. He won the British freestyle (63 kg) featherweight championship from 1952–1957, 1961, and 1963, and the lightweight (69 kg) championship in 1958 and 1959.[1][2]
Hall competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics.[3][4]
He represented the English team at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Vancouver, Canada,[5] where he won the silver medal[6] in the featherweight category.[7][8] He also represented represented the England team[9] in the -68kg division at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[10]
References
- ^ Pashayev, Ruslan C. "Lancashire Wrestling (England)". traditionalsports.org. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ "List of British Senior Champions from 1904 – 2001" (PDF). Britishwrestling.org.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Herbie Hall Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ "Herbert Hall". Olympic.org.
- ^ "Games Wrestlers". Evening Despatch. 9 June 1954. Retrieved 19 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "1954 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Wrestling Team for Cardiff". Nottingham Evening News. 17 May 1958. p. 8. Retrieved 10 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.