Al Hall

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameAlbert William "Al"•Hall
Used nameAl•Hall
Born2 August 1934 in Manchester, Massachusetts (USA)
Died9 October 2008 in Tonopah, Nevada (USA)
Measurements185 cm / 99 kg
AffiliationsNYAC, New York (USA)
NOC United States

Biography

Al Hall was a three-time Pan American champion in the hammer throw – 1959, 1963, and 1971. He also won the AAU hammer in 1962-63 and in the indoor AAU weight throw in 1962-64 and 1969. At the NCAA Meet he was runner-up in 1956 for Cornell, where he majored in animal husbandry.

Hall served in the Army from 1956-58, ranked as a lieutenant. His career was initially in the animal feeds business, specializing in chicken diseases. He and his wife later moved to Massachusetts where they ran an insurance agency, specializing in crop insurance. Hall was inducted into the Whitman High School Hall of Fame and the Massachusetts Athletic Hall of Fame.

Personal Bests: DT – 47.80 (156-10) (1957); HT – 67.28 (220-9) (1972).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1956 Summer Olympics Athletics USA Al Hall
Hammer Throw, Men (Olympic) 4
1960 Summer Olympics Athletics USA Al Hall
Hammer Throw, Men (Olympic) 14
1964 Summer Olympics Athletics USA Al Hall
Hammer Throw, Men (Olympic) 12
1968 Summer Olympics Athletics USA Al Hall
Hammer Throw, Men (Olympic) 14 r1/2

Special Notes