 Meanwhile, "The Daily Telegraph" remarked that Hall "met the physical challenge on the field without flinching and with a fair tackle.Few defenders ever mastered the handicap of lack of height so competently".In 1956, "The Sunday Times" paid tribute to a Birmingham City defence termed "superb" and opined "clearly if [Gil] Merrick is an emperor among goalkeepers, then Hall and [Ken] Green, Birmingham's backs … are very worthy paladins".