Alan Ball, Sr.

For his son, the England World Cup winner, see Alan Ball, Jr..

Alan Ball, Sr.
Personal information
Full name	James Alan Ball
Date of birth	(1924-09-26)26 September 1924^[1]
Place of birth	Farnworth, Lancashire, England
Date of death	2 January 1982(1982-01-02) (aged 57)^[2]
Place of death	Nicosia, Cyprus
Playing position	Inside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
–	Bolton B.F.
1946–1947	Southport	2	(0)
1947–1948	Birmingham City	0	(0)
1948–1950	Southport	39	(9)
1950–1952	Oldham Athletic	7	(1)
1952	Rochdale	5	(1)
Teams managed
1967–1970	Halifax Town
1970–1973	Preston North End
1973–1975	Southport
1974	IF Saab
1975	IK Sirius
1976–1977	Halifax Town
1979	Djurgårdens IF
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

James Alan Ball (26 September 1924 – 2 January 1982) was an English football player and manager.

Born in Farnworth, Lancashire, Ball played as an inside forward for Bolton Boys Federation, Southport (in two spells), Birmingham City (although he did not play a Football League match for them), Oldham Athletic and Rochdale.^[1]

He managed Halifax Town in two separate spells (1967–1970) and (1976–1977), and in between these he managed Preston North End between 1970 and 1973,^[3] and Southport, IF Saab and IK Sirius.^[4] Ball managed Djurgårdens IF in 1979.^[5]

He was killed in a car crash in Nicosia, Cyprus, in February 1982 at the age of 57.^[4]^[2]

His son, Alan Jr., played in England's 1966 World Cup-winning team and later followed his father into management.

References

1 2 "Alan Ball". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
1 2 "Alan Ball". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
↑ "Alan Ball (Snr)". League Managers Association. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
1 2 "Alan Ball". Port Online. Daniel Hayes. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
↑ "Historia: Tränare A-laget" [History: First-team managers] (in Swedish). Djugården Fotboll. Archived from the original on 1 February 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2012.

Alan Ball managerial positions

Halifax Town A.F.C. – managers

McClelland (1911–30)
Raisbeck (1930–36)
Thompson (1936–47)
Breedon (1947–51)
Wootton (1951–52)
Henry (1952–54)
Browne^c (1954)
Watson (1954–56)
Burnikell^c (1956)
Hooper (1957–62)
McEvoy (1962–64)
Watson (1964–66)
Metcalfe (1966–67)
Ball (1967–70)
Kirby (1970–71)
Henderson (1971–72)
Mulhall (1972–74)
Quinn (1974–76)
Ball (1976–77)
Lawson (1977–78)
Kirby (1978–81)
Bullock (1981–84)
Ayre^c (1984)
Jones (1984–86)
Ayre (1986–90)
McCalliog (1990–91)
McGrath (1991–92)
Rathbone (1992–93)
Wragg (1993–94)
Bird (1994–96)
Mulhall^c (1996)
Carroll (1996–97)
Mulhall (1997–98)
O'Regan (1998–99)
Worthington^c (1999)
Lillis (1999–2000)
Butler^c (2000)
Parks^c (2000)
Bracewell (2000–01)
Parks and Redfearn^c (2001)
Little (2001–02)
Redfearn^c (2002)
Wilder (2002–08)

Preston North End F.C. – managers

Sudell (1881–95)
Parker (1906–15)
Hayes (1919–23)
Lawrence (1923–25)
Richards (1925–27)
Gibson (1927–31)
Hayes (1931–32)
Muirhead (1936–37)
Taylor (1938^c)
Scott (1949–53)
Symon (1953–54)
Milne (1954^c)
Hill (1954–56)
Britton (1956–61)
Milne (1961–68)
Seith (1968–70)
Nicholson (1970^c)
Ball (1970–73)
Lord (1973^c)
Charlton (1973–75)
Stiles (1975^c)
A. Kelly (1975^c)
Catterick (1975–77)
Stiles (1977–81)
Docherty (1981)
A. Kelly (1981^c)
Lee (1981–83)
A. Kelly (1983–85)
Booth (1985–86)
Kidd (1986)
Clark (1986^c)
McGrath (1986–90)
Chapman (1990–92)
Allardyce (1992^c)
Beck (1992–94)
Peters (1994–98)
Moyes (1998–2002)
O'Hanlon (2002^c)
C. Brown (2002–04)
Davies (2004–06)
Simpson (2006–07)
R. Kelly (2007^c)
Irvine (2007–09)
R. Kelly (2009–10^c)
Ferguson (2010)
Unsworth (2010–11^c)
P. Brown (2011)
Alexander & Unsworth (2011–12^c)
Westley (2012–13)
Grayson (2013–)

Southport F.C. – managers

Clayton (1921–25)
Maley (1925)
Parker (1925–29)
Commins (1928–30)
Pelham (1930–33)
Commins (1933–36)
Hunt (1936–58)
Hitchen (1958–59)
Fielding (1959–60)
Newcomb (1960–64)
Hunt (1964)
Cunningham (1964–65)
Bingham (1965–68)
McEvoy (1968–70)
Peat (1970)
Parker (1970–71)
Meadows (1971–73)
Ball (1973–75)
Melia (1975)
Welbourne (1975–76)
Brown (1976)
Henderson (1976–77)
Fisher (1977–78)
McNally (1978–79)
Hampson (1979–80)
Brown (1980–81)
Johnson (1981–83)
Ross (1983)
Perkins (1984)
Gibson (1984)
Murphy (1984–85)
Griffiths (1985–87)
Taylor (1987–89)
Kettle (1989–95)
Ayre (1995–96)
Joel (1996–97)
Moore (1997)
Futcher (1997–99)
M.Wright (1999–01)
Wilson (2001–03)
Walsh (2003)
Watson (2003–06)
Cook (2007)
Davenport (2007–08)
Brabin (2008)
Watson (2008–13)
A.Wright (2013)
Coleman (2013–14)
Foyle (2014)
Brabin (2014–15)
Carden (2015)
Maamria (2015–16)
Bishop (2016–)

Djurgårdens IF Fotboll – managers

Maconnachie (1922)
Nordenskjöld (1923–29)
Lindqvist (1929–32)
Lindqvist & Kock (1932–34)
Svensson (1935–44)
Kaufeldt (1944–50)
Astley (1950–54)
Soo (1954–55)
Cronqvist (1955–57)
Szendrődi (1957–59)
Sandberg & Hallberg (1959)
Raynor (1960)
Probst (1960–63)
Lindberg (1964–66)
Sandberg (1967–71)
Durán (1972–74)
Persson (1975–78)
Ball (1979)
Sandberg & Arnesson (1979)
Mokkelbost (1980–81)
Backe (1982–84)
Westerberg (1985–86)
Söderberg (1987–89)
Wass (1990–91)
T. Lundin (1992)
Pettersson (1993)
Grönhagen (1994–96)
R. Lundin (1997)
Andersson (1998–99)
Åkeby & Lukić (1999–2003)
Lukić (2004)
Jonevret (2004–06)
Grönhagen (2006)
Jónsson (2007–08)
Jeglertz & Lukić (2009)
Jeglertz (2009)
Wass & Banda (2010–11)
Pehrsson & Banda (2011–12)
Pehrsson (2012–13)
Johansson & Sundgren (2013)
Høgmo (2013)
Olsson (2014–)

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