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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
National team
1927	England	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

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

Career

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

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

References

На других языках

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- [en] Jack Ball (footballer, born 1900)

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[it] John Ball (calciatore)

John Ball (Stockport, 29 settembre 1900 – 1989) è stato un calciatore inglese, di ruolo centrocampista.

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