Jeff Hall (footballer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jeff Hall (footballer)

England international footballer

Date of Birth: 07-Sep-1929

Place of Birth: Scunthorpe, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 04-Apr-1959

Profession: association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Jeff Hall (footballer)

  • Jeffrey James Hall (7 September 1929 – 4 April 1959) was an English footballer who played as a right back for Birmingham City and England. It was the death of Hall – a young, fit, international footballer – from polio which helped to kick-start widespread public acceptance in Britain of the need for vaccination.
  • Though the disease was generally feared and the Salk vaccine was available, takeup had been slow.
  • In the weeks following Hall's death, and after his widow, Dawn, spoke on television about her loss, demand for immunisation rocketed.
  • Emergency vaccination clinics had to be set up and supplies of the vaccine flown in from the United States to cope with the demand.

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