Ron Hall (defensive back)
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| Born | April 30, 1937 Granite City, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Granite City | ||||||||
| College | Missouri Valley | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1959: 28th round, 331st overall pick | ||||||||
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Ron Hall (born April 30, 1937) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL). He played college football at Missouri Valley College, where he was a 1971 inductee to the school's Athletic Hall of Fame. As a professional, he played for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL in 1959 and for the Boston Patriots of the AFL from 1961 to 1967. He was an AFL All-Star in 1963 and a member of the Patriots' All-Decade 1960s Team. His 11 interceptions during the 1964 season (3 interceptions in a game against San Diego) set a single-season Patriots record (12-game season) which in 2023 has not been broken. In 1995 he was named to the New England Patriots' 35th Anniversary team. In 2012 he was inducted into the NAIA Athletic Hall of Fame and in 2017 Hall was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame.