Athlete.
Born at Staffordshire, England on 3 May 1881, he emigrated to Canada where he lived at Brandon. On 3 July 1907, he married Clara M. Alexander (1883-?), a teacher at the East Ward School, and they had three children while living at Brandon.
He played professional hockey from 1904 to 1919, winning the Stanley Cup twice, with the Kenora Thistles (1907) and Quebec Bulldogs (1912-1913). He played for the Montreal Canadiens in their first two seasons in the National Hockey League. In 1905, he had bootmaker George Edwin Tackaberry make him a pair of durable hockey boots that are still on the market today, commonly known as CCM “Tacks”.
Hall died at Seattle, Washington on 5 April 1919, of influenza contracted during the global pandemic, and was buried in Vancouver, British Columbia. In 1961, he was inducted posthumously into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Marriage registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
“Joe Hall dies from pneumonia,” Manitoba Free Press, 7 April 1919, page 11.
“To bury Joe Hall this afternoon,” Manitoba Free Press, 8 April 1919, page 10.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 13 September 2024
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