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Full name
  
Richard Hall

Name
  
Dick Hall

Years
  
Team

Role
  
Football player

1962–1967
  
Weymouth

Playing position
  
Defender

1967–1968
  
Bournemouth & Boscombe


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Date of birth
  
(1945-07-03) 3 July 1945 (age 70)

Place of birth
  
Isle of Portland, England

Richard "Dick" Hall is an English retired-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 previously coached high school boys soccer in Dallas, Texas, but has recently retired.

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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 16 October 1973. He played in two losses to Haiti in November 1972. His last game came in a 6-0 loss to Argentina on 21 August 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]

References

Dick Hall (soccer) Wikipedia