Anthony John Hall, otherwise known to his friends and colleagues as ‘Tony’, was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London. He was born in Kingston upon Hull to Percy Edwin John Hall and Mabel Hall née Webster. The family moved to Harrogate when Tony was still quite young, and he was educated at Harrogate Grammar School. As a teenager, he was interested in joining the Navy; unfortunately, Tony was colour blind, so he decided to study medicine. He gained admission to University College Hospital in London in 1956. He qualified in 1962 and completed his house jobs at University College Hospital. His first taste of orthopaedics came when he worked for Peter London and Martyn Porter at the Birmingham Accident Hospital. He started his basic surgical training at the Brompton Hospital working for Sir Russell Brock and Oswald Tubbs, and then returned to University College Hospital. He passed the primary FRCS in 1965 and gained his fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1968. By this time he had decided that orthopaedics was the specialty for him. He was appointed to the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital training rotation as a registrar in 1968. In his final year as an orthopaedic registrar, he was appointed as a fellow at Toronto General Hospital in Canada, where he worked under Robert Jackson. This was in the early days of knee arthroscopic surgery and Jackson is considered one of the pioneers of this technique. This interested Tony very much and he gained much experience of this while he was in Toronto. When he returned to London in 1972, he was appointed as a consultant at Charing Cross Hospital. He worked there until 1990, when he moved to the newly built Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, where he stayed until he retired from the NHS in 2001. Following his time with Robert Jackson, Tony continued his interest in surgery of the knee and in particular the use of arthroscopy in treating internal derangements of the knee. He was always keen to pass on his experience and knowledge to his trainees. During his time as consultant, he was appointed as an honorary consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Marsden Hospital. Although Tony was not a keen football fan, he was an honorary orthopaedic surgeon to Chelsea Football Club from 1976 to 1984. This was undoubtedly due to his expertise in treating sports injuries, particularly those affecting the knee joint. From the time that Tony was appointed at Charing Cross Hospital, he became involved with the teaching of medical students and orthopaedic trainees. In 1978 he was appointed as postgraduate sub-dean of the medical school and took a great interest in the curriculum. He was honoured with the role of president of the medical school rugby club. His role in teaching was increased when he was appointed as a regional adviser in orthopaedics for North West Thames from 1987. In 1992 he became chairman of the North Thames Regional Training Committee. He was also involved with the Royal College of Surgeons of England and was appointed as an examiner for the FRCS in 1985, and as an examiner for finals and masters degrees for the University of London in 1993. He served as a council member for the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) from 1989 and was the BOA representative to the specialty advisory board from 1991 to 1993. When I was a senior registrar at Charing Cross, Tony introduced me to SICOT (Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie). He always encouraged his trainees to get involved and prepare papers to present at SICOT conferences. He was a member of the organising committee of the SICOT congress in London in 1984, a national delegate from 1990 to 1993, general secretary of SICOT from 1993 to 2002, and chief examiner from 2002 until shortly before his death. Tony wrote many papers and presented lectures at many conferences worldwide. He also wrote several books, including *A manual of fracture bracing* (Edinburgh, Churchill Livingstone), written with Ron Stenner in 1985, and *Atlas of orthopaedic surgical approaches* (Butterworth Heinemann), written with Chris Colton in 1991. He was deputy editor of *International Orthopaedics* from 1987 until 2013. Tony died peacefully at home in Hampshire on 17 February 2020 at the age of 81. He was survived by his wife Avis (née Harbour), his three children, Simon, Charles and Julia, and his six grandchildren. He will be sorely missed by his family, friends and colleagues.