Deaths on September 25

Alexander Hall (soccer)

Died on September 25, 1943

Alexander Hall, Scottish-Canadian soccer player (b. 1880)

Alexander Noble Hall (3 December 1880 – 25 September 1943), sometimes known as Sandy Hall, was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre forward in the Scottish League for Dunfermline Athletic, Dundee, Motherwell and St Bernard's. He was a part of Canada's gold medal-winning 1904 Olympic team and finished the tournament as joint-top scorer, with three goals.

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Events on 1943

11 Feb

Dwight D. Eisenhower
World War II: General Dwight D. Eisenhower is selected to command the allied armies in Europe.
30 May

Auschwitz concentration camp
The Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer of the Zigeunerfamilienlager (Romani family camp) at Auschwitz concentration camp.
19 Jun

Pittsburgh Steelers
The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL merge for one season due to player shortages caused by World War II.
6 Nov

Kiev
World War II: The Soviet Red Army recaptures Kiev. Before withdrawing, the Germans destroy most of the city's ancient buildings.
4 Dec

Josip Broz Tito
World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.

Deaths on September 25

Alexander Hall (soccer)

Died on September 25, 1943

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