Courtney Hall is a former center

Center (American football)

Center is a position in American football and Canadian football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense...

 and guard

Guard (American football)

In American and Canadian football, a guard is a player that lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team....

 in the National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

 for the San Diego Chargers

San Diego Chargers

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. He is a four-time Pro Bowl 1st Alternate and captained the only Chargers football team to play in a Super Bowl. Hall attended Rice University

Rice University

William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice, is a private research university located on a heavily wooded campus in Houston, Texas, United States...

.

Hall played football at Banning High School

Banning High School

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 in Wilmington, California

California

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, and was the starting

Starting lineup

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 offensive tackle his junior and senior year. He was teammates with Jamelle Holieway

Jamelle Holieway

Jamelle Holieway is a former quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners football team from 1985 to 1988. He is considered one of the greatest option quarterbacks in NCAA Division I-A history. Highly recruited from Banning High School under longtime head coach Chris Ferragamo, Holieway attracted...

, Leroy Holt

Leroy Holt

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, and Mark Tucker

Mark Tucker (American football)

Mark Tucker is an American football lineman.-High school career:Tucker played football at Banning High School in Wilmington, California. He started at offensive tackle his junior and senior year. He was teammates with Jamelle Holieway, Leroy Holt, and Courtney Hall...

. He retired from the NFL in 1999.

At 16 years old Hall began attending Rice University where he graduated in 1990. In 2003 he graduated from the University of Chicago

University of Chicago

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Law School and Graduate School of Business. Hall formerly served on the Rice University Investment Committee helping to manage the school's endowment which currently is estimated at $4.1 billion. Currently he is a managing partner at Hillcrest Venture Partners, a venture capital firm. Hall also currently serves as mayor Bloomberg's appointee to the New York City campaign finance committee.