Description
Alan James Ball, Jr., MBE was a professional English footballer and football club manager.
He was the youngest member of England's 1966 World Cup winning team and played for various clubs, scoring more than 180 league goals in a career spanning 22 years. His playing career also included a then national record �220,000 transfer from Everton to Arsenal at the end of 1971. After retiring as a player, he had a 15-year career as a manager which included spells in the top flight of English football with Portsmouth, Southampton and Manchester City.
Born
May 12th, 1945 in Farnworth / Died: Apr 24th, 2007 - at age 61, Heart attack
Teams
Bristol Rovers F.C. (1983) | Floreat Athena (1982) | Eastern AA (1982-1983) | Southampton F.C. (1981-1983) | Blackpool F.C. (1980-1981) | Philadelphia Fury (1978-1979) | Southampton F.C. (1976-1980) | Hellenic F.C. (1976) | Arsenal F.C (1971-1976) | Everton F.C. (1966-1971) | England national football team (1965-1975) | Blackpool F.C. (1962-1966) | Ashton United F.C. (1960-1961) |
Last Changes
2020/03/17
New Scanned Autograph (Bought/Probably Authentic)
2007/10/15
New Scanned Autograph (In-P/Authentic)
2007/05/26
New Scanned Autograph (TTM/Prob.Auth)