Alan Ball Jr.

Alan Ball Jr. was an English footballer (12 May 1945 – 25 April 2007). Ball played as a midfielder for Everton and Arsenal. Ball scored 195 goals in 905 league and international games and won 5 trophies, including the World Cup and 3 league titles.

Ball's career stats

GamesGoals
Clubs, league games833187
England728
Total905195

Goals per game: 0.22.

Ball's trophies and awards

  • Trophies with club and country: 5
  • League titles: 3
  • Domestic cups: 1
  • World Cup: 1
  • Trophies with England: 1
  • Individual awards: 5

Everton

  • Football League First Division: 1 (1969–70)
  • FA Charity Shield: 1 (1970)

Vancouver Whitecaps

  • North American Soccer League Soccer Bowl: 1 (1979)
  • North American Soccer League National Conference Western Division: 1 (1979)

England

  • FIFA World Cup: 1 (1966)

Individual

  • Rothman's Golden Boots Awards: 2 (1970, 1973)
  • Southampton Player of the Season: 1 (1977–78)
  • Arsenal Player of the Season: 1 (1973–74)
  • English Football Hall of Fame: 1 (2003)

Clubs

League games and goals at each club.

  1. 1960–1961: Ashton United, 7 games, 1 goal
  2. 1962–1966: Blackpool, 116 games, 40 goals
  3. 1966–1971: Everton, 208 games, 66 goals
  4. 1971–1976: Arsenal, 177 games, 45 goals
  5. 1976: Hellenic (loan), 4 games, 0 goals
  6. 1976–1979: Southampton, 132 games, 9 goals
  7. 1978: Philadelphia Fury (loan), 33 games, 5 goals
  8. 1979: Vancouver Whitecaps, 31 games, 10 goals
  9. 1980–1981: Blackpool, 30 games, 5 goals
  10. 1981–1982: Southampton, 63 games, 2 goals
  11. 1982: Floreat Athena (loan), 3 games, 2 goals
  12. 1982–1983: Eastern, 12 games, 0 goals
  13. 1983: Bristol Rovers, 17 games, 2 goals

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