Jack Ball (footballer, born 1900)

John Ball (29 September 1900 – December 1989) was an English international footballer who played as an inside left.

Jack Ball
Personal information
Full name John Ball[1]
Date of birth (1900-09-29)29 September 1900
Place of birth Stockport, England
Date of death December 1989(1989-12-00) (aged 89)
Place of death Coventry, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Inside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Silverwood Colliery
1919–1921 Sheffield United
1921–1922 Bristol Rovers
1922–1923 Wath Athletic
1923–1929 Bury
1929–1930 West Ham United 15 (9)
1930–1931 Coventry City
Stourbridge
Hinckley United
Atherstone Town
Coventry Gas
International career
1927 England 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

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Ball was born in Stockport with nine older siblings; his father was Welsh and a railway labourer.[1]

Career

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Ball played for Silverwood Colliery, Sheffield United, Bristol Rovers, Wath Athletic, Bury, West Ham United, Coventry City, Stourbridge, Hinckley United, Atherstone Town, and Coventry Gas.[3] In the Football League he scored 108 goals in 269 appearances.[1] With West Ham he scored 9 goals in 15 league games.[4]

He earned one cap for England, in 1927.[5]

later life

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By 1939 he was married and working as an aero department inspector.[1] He died in Coventry in December 1989, aged 89.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "England Players - Jack Ball". www.englandfootballonline.com.
  2. ^ "The lure of promotion. Bury". Athletic News. Manchester. 13 August 1923. p. 6.
  3. ^ Jack Ball at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  4. ^ "John Ball". www.westhamstats.info.
  5. ^ "Jack Ball". Englandstats.com.