David Hall – baseball

Deborah Hall shares a photo of her husband David Hall who was the 1970 batting champion for the Longhorns with a .364 batting average.

David developed into an outstanding hitter hitting .396 to lead the 1969 Longhorns. He was a strong line-drive hitter and dependable fielder at 3rd base. David could also pay outfield when needed. He set the team record as a junior with 17 doubles.

ALL -SWC

1969
Lou Bagwell, UTIL
Pat Brown, LF
David Chalk, RF
David Hall, 3B
Burt Hooton, P
James Street, P

1970
Lou Bagwell, SS
David Chalk, 3B
David Hall, OF
Burt Hooton, P
John Langerhans, 1B
Jack Miller, OF
James Street, P

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