Laurie Hall

Lawrence Marshall Hall is a former track and field athlete from Wales, who competed at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Hall was a member of the Thames Valley Harriers and won the hammer throw event at the 1958 AAA Welsh championships, in addition to the inter-counties title.
He represented the 1958 Welsh team at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he participated in one event; the hammer throw.
He went to a second Commonwealth Games, representing the 1962 Welsh team at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia, where he participated in two events; the hammer throw and the Shot put.
Hall went on to win eight consecutive Welsh titles from 1960 to 1967 and set a Welsh record in 1961, throwing 181 feet 4.5 inches.