Jeff Hall (footballer)
Jeffrey James Hall (7 September 1929 – 4 April 1959) was an English footballer who played as a right back for Birmingham City and England.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jeffrey James Hall | ||
| Date of birth | 7 September 1929 | ||
| Place of birth | Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England | ||
| Date of death | 4 April 1959 (aged 29) | ||
| Place of death | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | ||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bradford Park Avenue | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| REME | |||
| 1950–1959 | Birmingham City | 227 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 1955 | England B | 1 | (0) |
| 1955–1957 | England | 17 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
It was the death of Hall – a young, fit, international footballer – from polio which helped to kick-start widespread public acceptance in Britain of the need for vaccination. Though the disease was generally feared and the Salk vaccine was available, takeup had been slow. In the weeks following Hall's death, and after his widow, Dawn, spoke on television about her loss, demand for immunisation rocketed. Emergency vaccination clinics had to be set up and supplies of the vaccine flown in from the United States to cope with demand.
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