Professional Football Player. A native of Toronto, he played four professional football seasons with the, University of Toronto Varsity Blues from 1907 to 1910, and the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club in 1913. Playing the position of halfback he was considered to be one of the best runners and punters of his era. It was said that Gall could punt the ball some 70 yards, and that he could do it with either the left or right foot. With the Toronto Varsity Blues alone he was part of two winning Grey Cup Championships in 1909 and 1910. In the Grey Cup game of 1909 he scored a touchdown and kicked eight singles. To this day nobody has beaten his eight singles in a championship game. After retiring as a player, he coached the University of Toronto Varsity Blues for one season in 1914, and was a Secretary and President of the Canadian Rugby Union from 1920 to 1921. He died from pneumonia in 1938. He was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1963, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1975, and the University of Toronto Sports Hall of Fame in 1989.
(Bio. by K above)
(Bio below by Lorna McCluskey)
Hugh Gall was the 3rd son of George and Maria (Mark) Gall, both from Scotland, in a family of 9 children. They were Maria E.*, Maggie G., Annie M.*, William C.*, Alfred J.*, Fordyes S., Alice C. and Florence D. Gall. (* after name = memorial in Find-a-Grave)
On 23 Sept 1916, Hugh Gall married Daisy Robertson.
In the 1921 Census, his occupation is listed as "Confectioner" (presumably with his in-law's company). On his death certificate, his occupation is listed as Superintendent in Candy Manufacturing (possibly as a civil engineer with Robertson's).
Hugh and Daisy were parents to:
Mary Elizabeth Gall, born 1921
Alexander "Sandy" Gall, born 1924
William Edward Gall, born 1929