Kenneth Hall, record -thinning Texas High School Football Star known as “The Sugar Land Express”, dies | Etvarsity

Kenneth Hall, the football player of the Texas High School, who set up national rushing records and is known to be called “The Sugar Land Express”, died last week, said friends and family. Hall was 89.

Charles Kenneth Hall was born in Madisonville in 1935

He ended his high school career with a national record of 11,232 rushing yards and played for the Gator from 1950 to 1953. This brand stood for almost six decades until he exceeded Derrick Henry in 2012, who won the Heisman trophy in Alabama and won a successful nine-year career in the NFL.

Hall hurried in 1953 as a senior for 4,045 yards, which for a single season ranks seventh ever nationwide. This total is also the highest one season in the Texas High School Football History. Hall had two further seasons of over 3,000 yards, which rolled 3,458 hurried in 1952 and 3,160 in 1951. His single -game high of 520 Yards took 11th place in the history of the state and its average courtyards per stretcher of 47.3 in this game against Houston Lutheran is still a national record. Hall scored 127 touchdowns during his career, including 57 in 1954.

“When I started, I just wanted to throw the ball and kick the ball,” said Hall, Adam Coleman of Chronicle, in an interview from 2016. “I didn't care whether this ongoing things.

“I just ran faster than her, and I achieved a touchdown with 70 meters. And I turned around and these boys were far back and nobody had touched me. I said: 'That is fun. Maybe we should do it again at some point.'”

Hall was recruited by coach Paul “Bear” Bryant in Texas A & M, but after his first year he left the program. Bryant's defense philosophy initially did not correspond to Hall's skills and mindset.

In his interview with The Chronicle 2016, Hall said years later that he received a letter from the legendary coach who said that the “biggest mistake” he had ever made was, as he had edited Hall.

“I was satisfied with it,” said Hall. “There is an honor in this statement. I wrote it down and told him: 'Well, I think the way you dealt with me was probably a mistake, but I knew that at the time and you didn't. But you learned from it that all children are not done the same.”

Hall later played professionally in the Canadian football league and with the Houston Oilers.

Hall was included in the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame and the National High School Hall of Fame in 1983. In 1994 he was added to the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. Hall was opened in 2004 by Fort Bend ISD with the opening of the Kenneth Hall Stadium in Missouri City. He is also honored with the Ken Hall Trophy, which was handed over by the US Army All-American Bowl to the National High School Football player of the year.

There were no details available for the services for Hall that had moved to California in recent years after life in Fredericksburg.

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