Kenneth Hall (football player)

Kenneth Hall

Date of birth:	December 13, 1935 (1935-12-13) (age 72)
Place of birth:	Madisonville, Texas
Career information
Position(s):	QB / RB
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Madisonville is a city in Madison County, Texas, United States. In American football, each team has 11 players on the field at one time Quarterback ( QB) is a position in American and Canadian football. A running back ( RB) is the position of a player on an American or Canadian football team who usually lines up in the offensive backfield. 85 m)
Weight:	205 lb (93 kg)
College:	Texas A&M
NFL Draft:	1958 / Round: 14 / Pick: 165
Organizations
As player:
1957-1958 1958–1959 1959-1960 1960-1961 1961	Edmonton Eskimos Baltimore Colts - I. This is a List of Athletic Conferences of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA Texas A&M University, often called A&M or TAMU, is a Coeducational public Research University located in College Station The NFL Draft is an annual Sports draft in which NFL teams select newly-eligible players for their rosters The 1958 National Football League Draft was held on December 2 1957 (rounds 1-4 and January 28 1958 (rounds 5-30 The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian Football League team based in Edmonton Alberta. R. Chicago Cardinals Houston Oilers St. Louis Cardinals
Career highlights and Awards
Awards:	Championships: 1 NFL 1 AFL 3X HS Football 2X HS Track and Field 1X HS Basketball
Honors:	Kenneth Hall Trophy Kenneth Hall Stadium Hall Lakes (40-acre subdivision in Sugar Land, TX) Ken Hall Blvd. The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale Arizona, just outside of Phoenix. The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville Tennessee. The St Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards " or "the Redbirds " are a professional Baseball team based in St
Records:	11,232 Career Rushing Yards - HS 32. 9 Points Per Game - HS 104 Yard TD Return - Houston Oilers
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Kenneth "The Sugar Land Express" Hall (born December 13, 1935, in Madisonville, Texas), is statistically THE greatest all-around high school football player in history. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Madisonville is a city in Madison County, Texas, United States. High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution Hall, a student-athlete, attended and played for the Sugar Land Gators (Sugar Land, Texas) from 1950 to 1953. Sugar Land is a city located in Fort Bend County along the Gulf Coast region in the U In his time at Sugar Land High, Hall broke and set 17 national football records, many of which still stand today after 55 years! A triple threat, Hall also set and won state championships in track and field and basketball for his alma mater.

Kenneth Hall is still a legend today. His career football rushing record of 11,232 yards (1950-53) and 32. 9 points per game (1953/12) are still a national records. His record of 33 100-yard games wasn't topped until the mid-1980s by Emmitt Smith. Emmitt James Smith III (born May 15 1969 in Pensacola Florida) is a former American football player who played for the Dallas Cowboys Hall also finished his career with 14,558 yards of total offense, a record that would last until being broken by current Major League Baseball player J. R. House in 1998. James Rodger "J R" House (born November 11, 1979 in Charleston West Virginia) is a Catcher in Major League Baseball for At Sugar Land, Hall played in the single-wing formation at quarterback, standing 6 ft 1 in (1. In American and Canadian football, a single-wing formation is any offensive formation having exactly one Wingback and one Tight end Quarterback ( QB) is a position in American and Canadian football. 85 m) and weighing in at 180 lb (82 kg/13 st). The pound or pound-mass (abbreviation lb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States #) is a unit of Mass The stone is a unit of Weight. It is part of the Imperial system of weights and measures used in the British Isles, and formerly used in most According to the National High School Sports Record Book, Hall still holds multiple single-season records, including average points per game (32. 9), touchdowns per game (4. 8) and rushing yards per game (337. 1). In a contest against Houston Lutheran High School in 1953, Hall averaged 47. 3 yards on 11 carries for 520 yards (the state record for nearly 25 years, currently 4th), returned a punt 82 yards, a kickoff run of 64 yards and snatched a 21 yard interception for an astonishing 687 total yards!

55 years later, Hall still holds the following Texas State records:
(NOTE: ALL of Hall's football records were set in the first 3 quarters of play. He seldom ever played a full game during his prep career)

Single-Season Rushing Yards (4,045/1953; this was accomplished in 12 games, and Hall remains the only Texas running back to rush for over 4,000 yards in one year)
Career Scoring (899 Points/1950-53)
Single-Season Scoring (395 Points/1953/12)
Rushing Per Game (337. 1 Yards/1953/12)
Points Per Game (32. 9/1953/12)
Career Rushing (11,232 Yards/1950-53)

Hall, with Mitch Mustain (right)

Hall was recruited by a number of prominent schools, and chose to attend Texas A&M under famed college Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant. Mitchell Mustain (born February 27, 1988 in Springdale Arkansas, U Texas A&M University, often called A&M or TAMU, is a Coeducational public Research University located in College Station As a freshman, Hall was not part of the training camp in 1954 whose participants were later dubbed as “Junction Boys”. The Junction Boys is the name given to the “survivors” of Paul “Bear” Bryant’s 10 day summer football camp in Junction Texas beginning September 1 Hall, unfortunately, did not excel in college as he did in high school, due largely to the program's poor judgement. In a 1981 letter, Coach Bryant privately apologized to Hall for not properly handling the young sensation. In 1983, Hall was enshrined in the National High School Hall of Fame. Hall also belongs to the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. Hall was honored, by Sports Link, in 1999 with the creation of the Kenneth Hall Trophy. The Hall Trophy (actually the US Army National Player of the Year Award) has been awarded annually since 2000 to the most outstanding high school football player Serving as the nation's highest high school football honor, the Kenneth Hall Trophy (molded in Hall's likeness) is presented annually to the most outstanding football player in the nation. Some past winners include Chris Leak, Adrian Peterson, Mitch Mustain, and Terrelle Pryor. Christopher Patrick Leak (born May 3, 1985 in Charlotte North Carolina) is an American football Quarterback. Adrian Lewis Peterson (born March 21, 1985 in Palestine Texas. Mitchell Mustain (born February 27, 1988 in Springdale Arkansas, U Terrelle Pryor (born June 20, 1989 in Jeannette Pennsylvania) is the current starting quarterback for the Ohio State Buckeyes.

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The Hall Trophy (actually the US Army National Player of the Year Award) has been awarded annually since 2000 to the most outstanding high school football player

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