Researching Mike Hall

Just before graduating from University of Cambridge, Hall commenced his international career on 28 May 1988 against New Zealand in Christchurch aged 22. He made his final appearance on 4 June 1995 in the 24-23 loss against Ireland in Johannesburg in the 1995 Rugby World Cup, where he was captain of the side. In 1989 Hall toured Australia with the British Lions and appeared at centre in the first Test.

On graduation, Hall had joined Cardiff based commercial property surveyors Cooke & Arkwright, and qualified as a surveyor in 1991. He left to start his own company Steepholm Property Advisors in 1994. In 2003, he became a director of PMG Developments plc, and in 2006 became involved in the development of a new stadium for Cardiff City F.C..

Hall had a position with the BBC as a rugby pundit on both the Welsh focused Scrum V, as well at international rugby events, but quit due to business commitments at the end of the 2004/5 season.

In October 2007 Hall left his position on the Cardiff City board after receiving legal advice which informed him that should the club lose its upcoming courtcase he would be put in an awkward position due to his position at PMG Management, another of the club's major creditors.

On 3 June 2011, Hall re-joined the Cardiff City board after PMG had reached an agreement to turn some of the debt owed by Cardiff City into shares. He would also work with the new Malaysian investors to investigate Sam Hammam's business dealings as the Cardiff City manager.

Brought up in Wigan, Hall worked for a local newspaper in the Newton-le-Willows area before joining ITV Granada's sports department in 2000, making his on-screen debut six years later. Alongside sports reporting duties, he is also a stand-in presenter for the programme.

In November 2014, Hall won the award for Broadcast Presenter of the Year at the O2 North West Media Awards.

Hall died after being struck by a car, just south of Canberra, during the inaugural Indian Pacific Wheel Race across Australia, on 31 March 2017, after covering just over 5,000 km of the 5,500 km distance.

Hall succeeded in setting numerous American Drug Free Powerlifting Association (ADFPA), American and National records in all three lifts, as well as the total. In addition, he won both the ADFPA and United States Powerlifting Federation (USPF) nationals several times during the same year. He was also the first superheavyweight lifter to win both the IPF and the WDFPF World Championships. At the 1987 IPF World Championships, Hall officially became the first American lifter to squat 900 lbs (409 kg) and break the 2200 lbs (1000 kg) total under drug tested conditions.

He became the first ADFPA drug-free lifter in powerlifting history under drug tested conditions to bench press over 600 pounds, squat over 900 pounds and break the 2000, 2100, 2200 and 2300 pounds total without the use of anabolic steroids”. Hall, who claims God as his coach, is known as the "World’s Strongest Drug-Free Man". He has been highly decorated as one of the leading anti-drug role models in the United States. In 1992 he appeared on a poster titled Natural Power, which is part of a campaign by the National Federation of High Schools to combat steroid and drug use. The posters were sent to 20,000 schools in the United States, reaching 11 million students.