Claim: Hallows, born in Chester (a walled cathedral city in Cheshire, England) but moved to Liverpool as an orphan by the time he was five years old, started his footballing career with Liverpool Bluecoats; then Willenhall Swifts, before moving to the Football League with West Bromwich Albion.
Evidence: Hallows was born in Chester but moved to Liverpool as an orphan by the time he was five years old. Chester is a walled cathedral city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales. He started his footballing career with Liverpool Bluecoats, then Willenhall Swifts, before moving to the Football League with West Bromwich Albion.