1. Duncan Hall was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, singled out as having been amongst the greatest of the 20th century.
11 Facts About Duncan Hall
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Duncan Hall played in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership for Fortitude Valley Diehards and represented Queensland and Australia.
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Duncan Hall has been named amongst the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century.
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Away from football Hall worked as a hotelier and bookmaker, and in his later years worked at the Broncos Leagues Club.
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Duncan Hall was selected for Australia's 1954 Rugby League World Cup squad.
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The Duncan Hall Medal, is presented in his honour to award to the best and fairest player in the Queensland Cup.
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In 2007 Duncan Hall was selected by a panel of experts at prop in an Australian 'Team of the 50s'.
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In February 2008, Duncan Hall was named in the list of Australia's 100 Greatest Players which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia.
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Duncan Hall went on to be named in the front-row in Australian rugby league's Team of the Century.
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In 2008, rugby league in Australia's centenary year, Duncan Hall was named at second-row forward in the Toowoomba and South West Team of the Century.
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Duncan Hall resided in a nursing home at Coolum, Queensland until his death at age 85 in 2011.