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| Positions | Center Guard | ||||||||
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| Born | (1968-08-26)August 26, 1968 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | April 29, 2021(2021-04-29) (aged 52) | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 281 lb (127 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Banning(Los Angeles) | ||||||||
| College | Rice | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1989: 2nd round, 37th overall pick | ||||||||
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Courtney Ceaser Hall (August 26, 1968 – April 29, 2021) was an American professionalfootball player. He was acenter andguard in theNational Football League (NFL) for theSan Diego Chargers.
Hall played football atBanning High School inWilmington,California, and was thestartingoffensive tackle his junior and senior years. His teammates includedJamelle Holieway,Leroy Holt, andMark Tucker.[citation needed]
In 1985, aged 16, Courtney, a National Merit Scholarship semifinalist, graduated from high school and enrolled atRice University. He played four years for theRice Owls. In1988, he played for a Rice team which compiled a 0-11 record, but he was still drafted very high, in the second round of the1989 NFL draft: he was the #37 pick overall.[1]
Hall graduated from Rice in 1990 with a dual degree in Economics and Managerial Studies.
Hall played eight seasons for theSan Diego Chargers from 1989 to 1996. When he made his NFL debut on September 10, 1989, he was just 21 years and 15 days old. He was the youngest regular player in the NFL that year.
He was a four-timePro Bowler and captained the only Chargers football team to play in aSuper Bowl. He was the starter in all 118 regular-season games and 6 playoff games in which he appeared. He missed half of the 1996 season because of injury, and was released in February 1997.
Hall was out of football for the entire 1997 season, but he signed a free agent contract with theDenver Broncos before the 1998 season. He was cut at the end of the pre-season.
In 2003, he graduated with a jointJ.D./M.B.A. degree from theUniversity of Chicago Law School and theUniversity of Chicago Booth School of Business.[2] Hall also served on the Rice University Investment Committee, helping to manage the university's $4.5 billion endowment.
Hall was a managing partner of Hillcrest Venture Partners, aventure capital firm. He also served as New York City MayorMichael Bloomberg's appointee to theNew York City Campaign Finance Board.[3]
The Texas Sports Hall of Fame inducted Hall into the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame in 2019.
He died unexpectedly on April 29, 2021, reportedly at his childhood home in Southern California. A specific cause of death was not announced. He was buried onMartha's Vineyard.[4]