Australian Football

After playing basketball as a youngster Derek Hall made the decision to concentrate on football and was picked up by West Perth for whom he debuted, aged nineteen, in 1990. After an impressive first season he was drafted by West Coast at pick 64 but did not play an AFL game until 1993 when he managed just a couple of appearances. 

After spending the 1994 season back with the Falcons Hall was picked up by Geelong and went on to produce some of the best football of his career for them from 1995 to 2000. During that time he played 74 games and kicked an identical number of goals. Equally useful in midfield or up forward his basketball background perhaps contributed to his being strong overhead and he was very mobile and able to find space with seeming ease. Later in his time with the Cats he dropped down the pecking order and was no longer an automatic selection. 

In 2001 Hall returned home to Western Australia and played out the next three seasons with Peel Thunder. He later coached in Country Victoria.

Author - John Devaney