He is famous for being the only driver to successfully complete the full 24 hours of the 24 Hours of Le Mans race solo, a feat he achieved in 1950. Seiner ohnehin eindrücklichen Karriere setzte der gebürtige Engländer dann im vergangenen Mai die Krone auf, als er sich zum ersten Mal den Titel beim World’s Strongest Man sicherte. Hall started motor racing in 1922 and was a prolific amateur competitor at many venues including Donington Park, Shelsley Walsh, the Isle of Man and the Mille Miglia until his retirement in 1951. The Worlds Strongest Man 2017 & Deadlift World Record Holder. Hall was a member of the victorious Great Britain two-man and five-man bobsleigh crews at the 1927 European Bobsleigh Championship in St. Moritz, and also contested the 1928 Winter Olympics in the Number 2 Great Britain five-man bobsleigh, finishing ninth overall and ahead of the Number 1 Great Britain team. He completed 125 laps before being forced to retire with electrical problems.

Candace Hall and husband Eddie Hall Jr. were watching TV in their living room around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday when he heard some odd noises that got … He was born in Milnsbridge into a wealthy Yorkshire family in 1900, the heir to a successful textiles business which funded his motor racing and other sporting exploits. Theirs was the fastest car in the race, at 112.12 mph. Together they worked out a novel method of pit control, combining steady driving (calculated to enable the car to outlast its competitors) with a single efficiently-managed pitstop, and these two factors together allowed him to take a famous victory. It was the first competition car built at Rolls-Royce since the car built for Charles Rolls which he had driven to win the 1906 TT, and it was also their last. The final version of the car had a 4¼-litre engine producing over 160 bhp and a 40-gallon fuel tank behind the seats, enabling him to complete the distance without stopping. Young skaters are often possessed of 'temperaments', but Mr Hall's patience and good humour overcame all difficulties.". 1930 saw him driving an unsupercharged Bentley 4½ Litre and finishing the race for the first time, second in class and twelfth overall. Edward Ramsden "Eddie" Hall (17 July 1900 – 12 May 1982) was an English racing driver.

The TT was brought to Ireland by industrialist and pioneer of the modern agricultural tractor, Harry Ferguson, and was the largest sporting event in the area at the time, regularly attracting more than quarter of a million spectators.

In the 1929 race he fared no better, crashing his supercharged Arrol-Aster 17/50 into Ards town hall. The heavy Bentley was not ideally suited to the tricky street circuit at Ards, but when the series came to an end in 1936[3] Hall had accumulated 3 second places in it (1934, 1935 and 1936), each time setting the fastest race pace (78.40 mph, 80.36 mph and 80.81 mph respectively), and each time defeated only by the handicap system. Hall had entered the 4¼-litre Bentley into the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1936, but the race was cancelled due to economic conditions and labour difficulties. He was one of only two men to have competed in every running of the Ards TT, the other being Earl Howe.

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He completed 236 laps, which equals to nearly 3,200 km (2,000 miles). He was born in Milnsbridge into a wealthy Yorkshire family in 1900, the heir to a successful textiles business which funded his motor racing and other sporting exploits. He lived at Kirkburton, near Huddersfield until leaving the United Kingdom on his retirement in the early 1950s to live, initially in South Africa, later in Canada and then Monte Carlo, where he had an apartment overlooking the harbour and part of the Grand Prix circuit. "[4], His final international event was in the 1951 Le Mans race, driving a 4.1-litre Ferrari 340 America Barchetta. He favoured races that demanded stamina and is mostly remembered today for his multiple drives in the 410-mile (478 from 1933) RAC Tourist Trophy (TT) in Ulster, where he competed every year it was held there (1928 to 1936). T.D. Reasoning that as this car was a private entry failure would not reflect badly on the factory, however, Rolls-Royce assisted Hall by increasing the output of his engine from the standard 114 bhp to a more useful 131 bhp.

[5], Hall was also a photographer and published a book on the subject of Modern Figure Skating in 1938.


It’s been an incredible journey, from truck mechanic to superstar, and one that continues to amaze me every day. The photographic plates consist of action shots of skaters (taken during the European Figure Skating Championships in St Moritz), and a combination of formal and impromptu portraits. In the BRDC 500 at Brooklands in 1933, Hall drove a works MG K3 Magnette with streamlined bodywork and with his then girlfriend (later second wife), Joan, acting as team Manager and controlling the race from the pits. He was married twice, first to Evelyn Muriel (divorced in 1931)[1] and secondly in 1933 to divorcée Joan Evelyn Quarmby (née Goddard) who survived him on his death in 1982. Like many others at the time it was run on a handicap basis so that cars of very different sizes and performances were able to compete in the same race, which although difficult for spectators to follow during the race did provide some close finishes.
In Hall's first TT race in 1928, he drove a 2-litre Lagonda 14/60 Speed model, which ran out of oil and seized causing his retirement from the race just a few laps from the end. Edward Ramsden " Eddie " Hall (17 July 1900 – 12 May 1982) was an English racing driver. For 1934 he asked Rolls-Royce to modify a Bentley 3½-litre, which they initially refused to do because the company had long since quit racing. Dass Eddie Hall zu den stärksten Kraftsportlern überhaupt zählt, hat er bereits zu genüge bewiesen. In 1931 he drove a supercharged 746cc MG Midget, again retiring with engine failure, but in the 1932 race in the same model of car he finished first in class and third overall.

Hall was elected to the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) in 1932 and was awarded their Gold Star in 1933 for his performance at Brooklands when he raced the BRDC 500 Mile Race in a Bentley 4½ Litre, partnered by Dr D.J.

Welcome to the website of Eddie Hall: The man who dreamed of being the World’s Strongest Man and saw that dream come true. It took place on a closed road circuit encompassing Newtownards, Comber and Dundonald in County Down, Northern Ireland.

Richardson, author of Modern Figure Skating and Ice Rink Skating, wrote in the introduction to Hall's book "it was highly entertaining to see Mr Hall laden with cameras and gadgets, prowling round the rinks, stalking his prey in the hope of catching a new or unusual angle or lying flat on his tummy for hours, so that he might get a single shot. In 1960, he presented a perpetual trophy to the B.A.R.C.