Dick Hall

Racer and ski jumper, and the first sophomore on the Great Falls High varsity

Legend of Showdown

Born
First skied at Showdown: racing at Kings Hill by March 1957, at eleven
First worked here
Years at Showdown
Positions: Racer and ski jumper, Great Falls High School varsity, from his sophomore year, 1961-62

What they did

6 entries

March 1957Won the grade school boys' race at the Great Falls Ski Club's annual races, in 1:11.5, at the same meet where his sister Ann won the women's
11 May 1957Received his trophy at the club's banquet, the night the Hall-O was named for his father
January 1962The first sophomore to make the Great Falls High School varsity ski team in the six years since the school took up skiing again; the Montana Parade pictured him on a downhill run at Kings Hill
23 February 1963Scored 81.4 points in the jumping at the Montana state boys' ski championship at Bridger Bowl
1974Married Claudia Willett
Started skiing at four, in shoes stuffed inside ski boots that were too big for him