Harold Samuel Gordon "Jock" Ball (16 February 1912 – 3 June 1993)[1] was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Jock Ball
Personal information
Full name Harold Samuel Gordon Ball
Date of birth (1912-02-16)16 February 1912
Place of birth Yarrawonga, Victoria
Date of death 3 June 1993(1993-06-03) (aged 81)
Original team(s) Yarrawonga
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1935–37 Melbourne 11 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1937.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ball won the Ovens and Murray Football League best and fairest award, the Morris Medal in 1934, when playing for Yarrawonga Football Club.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Jock Ball – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  3. ^ "1934 - O&MFL - Morris Medal votes". The Weekly Times. 1 September 1934. p. 65 – via Trove Newspapers.
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