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