- Alan Ball, Sr.
:"For Alan Ball, Jr., see here."
James Alan Ball Sr. (
26 September 1924 -2 January 1982 ), was an English footballer and manager.Born in
Farnworth ,Bolton ,Lancashire , Ball played as an inside-forward for Bolton B.F., Southport (46+2 league appearances) (1946-1947), Birmingham City (1947-1948), Southport (41 appearances, 9 goals) (1948-1950), Oldham Athletic (7 appearances, 1 goal) (1950-1952) and Rochdale (5 appearances, one goal) (1952).He managed Halifax Town (1967-1970) and (1976-1977), Preston North End (1970-1973) and Djurgårdens IF (1979).
At the time of his death in a car crash, aged 57, he was working as a football coach in
Cyprus . The taxi driver responsible for the crash was given a one-year driving ban, while Ball's widow, Violet, was granted £25,000 in compensation. Their son, Alan Jr., played in England's1966 FIFA World Cup winning team and followed his father into management in a career spanning from 1984 until 1999, dying in 2007 aged 61.External links
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