Early Life
Hall was born in Victoria and grew up in Broadford. Hall played his junior football in Broadford. However his other interests were martial arts and boxing.
At the age of 12 Hall moved to Melbourne to pursue a boxing career. Training out of a makeshift boxing gym (his father's garage), he won a state title in his early teenage years and had fought in 15 fights by the age of 15.
However Hall also proved a talent at Australian football. After playing for the Murray Bushrangers in the TAC Cup and attracting the eye of talent scouts, he decided to focus on football.
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