Gordie Hall

Gordon "Gordie" Randall Hall (born November 27, 1935) is former American water polo player who competed for UC Berkeley and participated in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where the U.S. team placed seventh. He later worked in aerospace engineering.

College athletics Hall studied first at Compton College where he competed on the swim and water polo teams under Head Coach Edward Holston from 1953-1955. After transferring to UC Berkeley, Hall played Center Back on the water polo team from around 1954-1957. During college, in all three years from 1954-1956, he was a member of teams that won the Northern California League Championship, and was voted the Northern California League's Most Valuable Player in 1956.

1960 Rome Olympics Hall was a member of the American water polo team which finished seventh in the 1960 Olympic tournament. He played three matches as goalkeeper under Neal Kohlhase and Assistant Olympic Coach Urho Saari. The team from Italy won the gold, Russia took the silver, and perennial favorite Hungary took the bronze.