Sir Frederick Joseph Wall (14 April 1858 – 25 March 1944) was an Englishfootball administrator.
Wall became Secretary ofthe Football Association, a position he held from 1895 to 1934. He wasknighted in the1930 New Year's Honours List.[1]
Notably, Wall refused on behalf of the FA to offer wartime financial compensation to famed Anglo-Irish coachJimmy Hogan, on the basis of the latter's perceived co-operation with theCentral Powers during the First World War (Hogan had coached Hungarian sideMTK Budapest whilst interned as an enemy alien during the conflict).[2]
After retiring as FA Secretary, he was a director ofArsenal from 1934 to 1938.[3] Wall credited theRoyal Engineers with being the first side to play the modern passing football style known as theCombination Game.[4][5] He credited theCorinthians with bringing about the later developments in the passing game.[6]
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