Richie Hall

Richie Hall was an outstanding defensive back, first with Calgary and then with Saskatchewan. He was originally signed by Calgary in May of 1983. After five years with Calgary, Hall was traded to the Riders in May of 1988 for a fourth round draft pick in the 1989 draft (Brent Pollock) in what seems like a rather lopsided trade for the Green and White. Hall played another four seasons for Saskatchewan and added two more Western All-Star honours (1988 and 1990) to go with the two he had with Calgary (1983 & 1986). Hall was also an All-Canadian selection in his rookie season of 1983. At only 5' 6", Hall is one of the smallest players to have played in the CFL, but his stature did not prevent him from being an excellent defensive back and punt returner. Hall recorded 34 career interceptions with a single season high of 8 in 1986.  After retiring, Hall went on to become an assistant coach with the Riders from 1994 to 2008, establishing himself as one of the best defensive coordinators in the league.  Both as a player and a coach, Richie Hall was and is very popular with the Rider fans. In 2009, Richie Hall left the Riders to assume the head coaching duties with the Edmonton Eskimos.

 

Games Played, Tackles and Sacks
Year Team GP T ST Total TFL Yds KD Sacks Yds
1983 CAL 16





0
1984 CAL 16





2.5
1985 CAL 15





1
1986 CAL 16





4
1987 CAL 18 64




1
1988 SASK 18 51




3
1989 SASK 18 60




1
1990 SASK 18 62




3
1991 SASK 18 63 1 64 5 8
1


No official tackle stats were kept before 1987.

Interceptions
Year Team Int Yds Avg TDInt Long
1983 CAL 4 76 19 0 42
1984 CAL 2 83 41.5 0 53
1985 CAL 3 74 24.7 0 33
1986 CAL 8 116 14.5 0 46
1987 CAL 4 35 8.8 0 17
1988 SASK 2 4 2 0 2
1989 SASK 2 11 5.5 0 11
1990 SASK 6 132 22 0 67
1991 SASK 3 64 21.3 0 42

Fumble Recoveries
Year Team FR YdsFR Avg TD Long OFR FF
1983 CAL 2 42 21 0 0 0
1984 CAL 2 25 12.5 0 0 0
1985 CAL 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CAL 1 50 50 0 0 0
1987 CAL 1 0 0 0 0 0
1988 SASK 2 7 3.5 0 0 0
1989 SASK 1 0 0 0 0 1
1990 SASK 0 0 0 1 0 0
1991 SASK 1 9 9 0 0 0

Punt Returns
Year Team PR Yds Avg TD Long
1983 CAL 50 561 11.2 1 74
1984 CAL 37 316 8.5 0 23
1985 CAL 54 442 8.2 0 43
1986 CAL 16 260 16.3 0 73
1987 CAL 64 738 11.5 0 54
1988 SASK 68 503 7.4 0 50
1989 SASK 44 395 9 0 29
1990 SASK 1 0 0 0 0
1991 SASK 0 0 0 0 0

Kickoff Returns
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long
1983 CAL 1 12 12 0 12
1984 CAL 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CAL 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CAL 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CAL 1 0 0 0 0
1988 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1989 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1990 SASK 1 0 0 0 0
1991 SASK 0 0 0 0 0

Missed FG Returns
Year Team MFGRet Yds TD Long
1983 CAL 0 0 0 0
1984 CAL 0 0 0 0
1985 CAL 0 0 0 0
1986 CAL 0 0 0 0
1987 CAL 7 39 0 0
1988 SASK 0 0 0 0
1989 SASK 0 0 0 0
1990 SASK 0 0 0 0
1991 SASK 0 0 0 0

Fumbles
Year Team F FL
1983 CAL 2 1
1984 CAL 2 1
1985 CAL 2 2
1986 CAL 0 0
1987 CAL 1 0
1988 SASK 1 1
1989 SASK 3 2
1990 SASK 0 0
1991 SASK 0 0