Jon Hall (rugby union)
Jonathan Peter "John" Hall is a retired Rugby union player who played for Bath Rugby, Somerset, Barbarians, South & South Western Counties and England. He was born in Bath 15 March 1962.
He primarily played as a blind side flanker or number eight. His international debut was versus Scotland in 1984. He did travel with the 1987 England World Cup team but did not play a match as he was injured in training and had to return to the UK. He ultimately gained 21 caps.
In the first season of professional rugby he was appointed Director of Rugby at Bath but was fired after a run of poor results in 1998. Subsequently he became coach of the Garryowen club and took them to the All Ireland Final in 1999.
He has one brother, Steven, who is a decorated former fire-fighter.
From 14 June 2014 Hall was one of the four-man team doing the Race Across America in support of Asthma UK. The London Pride Spinhalers, as the team is called, also includes Sir James Fuller, Martyn Grant and David Shepard, all of the Corsham area, to raise funds and awareness in memory of Antonia Thomas, a local girl who died of an asthma attack in 2009.