Tony Hall

[radiojake]

I remember as a parochial 10 year old the excitement and buzz that occured when the Crows managed to lure Tony Hall back to Adelaide. At the time I eagerly awaited the inevitable avalanche of South Aussie stars returning to Adelaide; Kernahan, Bradley, Platten - I even still had hope Gary McIntosh would change his mind and the crows would become an awesome state of origin-esque side.

Alas it did not eventuate this way, and to confound the dissapointment, Tony Hall was injuried riddled and managed a meagre 17 games and 30 goals.

I know its rather irrelevant now, considering it was 18 years ago, but does anyone actually know what we traded/paid for Tony Hall? For some reason I remember it being a lot of money, and I am assuming Hawthorn probably got some good draft picks out of us... But I am too young to remember any of that.

Can anyone shed any light?

Not sure what compelled me to write such a random post, but for whatever reason I thought of Tony Hall yesterday and remembered the news report where they showed footage of Hall with Sanders and co. signing the new Crows contract.

 

[bjn1960]

He had a great pair of hands and could kick goals. A very good, if not elite player, in his day.

 

[crowtricolours]

Traded from Hawthorn for pick No 17, 1993 national draft.

 

[Stevie_Crow]

Love these kind of threads.

I was probably just a touch too young to really comprehend it at the tme, i can vaguely remember us getting him and me thinking it was pretty cool to lurer a player from Victoria back to play for us. That and the fact that he didn't really deliver as expected, was it his bad back? Could be way off..

It was when we got Jars that i was old enough to genuinely be excited, and it turns out with good reason!

 

[rayven]

Traded from Hawthorn for pick No 17, 1993 national draft.

Who did they pick up with that.


So what happens to theTony hall pocket when we go to AO?

 

[Geoffa32]

They picked up Angelo Lekkas......


One of the pockets to be renamed...Tony Hall pocket..lol

 

[latinoheat]

Tony Hall would have to be my all time favourite player. Remember watching him play for the bays - great pair of hands, not quick, but very skillful as if he had the ball on a string. Great evasion skills as well, and could play a majority of positions from midfiled to CHF/FF.

 

[spenze]

As an old Tiges supporter, I can remember the joy of watching the combo of StickskKernahan and Tony Hall in our forward line and then when Kernahan went having Steve Copping join Hall. Funnily enough, we won the flag both of those years.

Hall was a gifted forward with good hands, who read the ball very well and had a great leap ( not quite in Modra league but not that far away either). He went to Hawthorn not long after and formed a potent duo with Piggy Dunstall.

Anyways, he did a major knee injury in a bloody State of Origin at the MCG when the field looked like crap and was never the same footballer again. If I remember rightly he was our highest paid footballer when he came back though his knees just weren't the same again as they had been before the incident.

Shame really because if you had the ball fifty metres out on an angle and had a choice of Hall or Tex to kick it, you'd be pointing Tex to the bench and telling him to catch his breath

 

[aneale]

he never really came back from that knee reco from that SOO at the G in the mud.

a great player in his day, just a pity is best years were at Hawthorn. Did play one blinder of a game for us if I recall, think it was against Essendon at home, kicked 4-5 I reckon.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

He almost single-handedly won us the NAB Cup (whatever it was called then) for us when he first came back iirc.

But injured himself in the GF (or maybe semi?) and was dogged by injuries from then til he retired.

Have not heard a single word from him or about him since he retired. Would have no clue what he's doing now.

It was a big knee injury but he wasn't that quick to start with. He still played some great footy after that, just not for us unfortunately. One of the smartest forwards going around.

 

[spenze]

Wasn't he on the Crows board for a while?

 

[relapse]

While the warm fuzzies of getting Tony Hall back to Adelaide were nice, the reality was that it was a horrible trade and because of the naivety of the club we paid massively over for a player who's best football was clearly behind him.

 

[CaptainDangerfield]

Is in my top 5 GFC players of all time - S Kernahan, S Copping, K Hodgeman, T Hall and S Salisbury.

Was an extroadinary talent. He came on to the seen as a forward with brilliant hands, football smarts and a high leap. As a strong marking forward he was one of the main reasons the GFC won the 2006 Grand Final. Then amazingly was able to reinvent himself as a midfielder, and a successful one at that.

Amazing versatility, amazing footballer.

 

[crowcrap]

Hope it's not off topic, but Captain Dangerfield, you should change your signature to Adelaide Crow-Val, Home of the Adelaide FC.

You're welcome.

We can't start threads so on behalf of us let's get 'Adelaide Crow-Val' up and about...

 

[Macca19]

Had a couple of massive grand finals for Glenelg in their great era in the mid 80s. Played a lot taller than he actually was (was only 183-185cm tall) and had insane goal sense. That goal against Victoria will go down in history but he kicked almost a carbon copy against Brisbane in 1994 with about 2 minutes left when the Crows came from behind to win by a kick.

Agree it probably wasnt a great trade for a 29 year old with a sore body in hindsight but im sure at the time many thought if he could have one or two great years with a fit body then he'd be a great foil and support for Mods - better than Stuart Wigney and Anthony Ingerson anyway - and be a bit of a missing piece of a premiership puzzle

 

[bjn1960]

Is in my top 5 GFC players of all time - S Kernahan, S Copping, K Hodgeman, T Hall and S Salisbury.

Was an extroadinary talent. He came on to the seen as a forward with brilliant hands, football smarts and a high leap. As a strong marking forward he was one of the main reasons the GFC won the 2006 Grand Final. Then amazingly was able to reinvent himself as a midfielder, and a successful one at that.

Amazing versatility, amazing footballer.

Peter Marker, Fred Phillis, Peter Carey, Colin Churchett?

 

[CaptainDangerfield]

Peter Marker, Fred Phillis, Peter Carey, Colin Churchett?

That should have read favourite not best. You could probably also add McGuiness, G Cornes, Weston and Marshall to your list.

 

[alex_is_on_fire]

Love or hate his media work Chris McDermott could play the game.

 

[Stevie_Crow]

he was one of the main reasons the GFC won the 2006 Grand Final.

Oh my, if only!!

 

[CaptainDangerfield]

Oh my, if only!!

Lol errr make that 1986.

 

[Team DJ]

was only a pretty young bloke when he retired but hes still in my fave 3 or 4 crowies of all time. Wish i couldve seen him in full flight.

 

[Allefgib]

I used to sit just behind the 'Godra' Banner boys.

When Tony Hall came over they started bringing a boom-box to games for some tunes.

Whenever he took a grab or kicked a goal they'd belt out:

'Sing HALL-elujah, sing HALL-ejlujah. Sing it, sing HALL-elujah'

Good times.

 

[tazhawk]

As a long time Hawks member I had the pleasure of seeing Tony Hall in action many times.

Along side Jason Dunstall, Hally was the best one grab marker of the ball I have seen play for the Hawks.

One famous story about Hally was the day after the Hawks won the Flag he rocked up at the celebration still pissed out of his head being wheeled around in a shopping trolley.

After Johnny Platten, Tony Hall was my fav SA Hawk with Darren Jarmen 3rd.

Slot those 3 guys in the Hawks side for 2012 and I would put the house on us winning the flag.

 

[kaltmeibel]

He had a great pair of hands and could kick goals. A very good, if not elite player, in his day.

Neil Kerley said he was the best tackling forward he ever coached.

 

[kaltmeibel]

As a long time Hawks member I had the pleasure of seeing Tony Hall in action many times.

Along side Jason Dunstall, Hally was the best one grab marker of the ball I have seen play for the Hawks.

One famous story about Hally was the day after the Hawks won the Flag he rocked up at the celebration still pissed out of his head being wheeled around in a shopping trolley.

After Johnny Platten, Tony Hall was my fav SA Hawk with Darren Jarmen 3rd.

Slot those 3 guys in the Hawks side for 2012 and I would put the house on us winning the flag.

I have a couple of Mates who support Glenelg they said the lad could drink.

I was at the G in 89 when he done his knee.