# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alan-ball-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:57:22.003Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/alan-ball-jr"
name: "Alan Ball Jr."
slug: "alan-ball-jr"
description: "The youngest man on the pitch when England won the 1966 World Cup, running himself ragged in midfield at 21 while older names grabbed the headlines. That tournament made him, and the rest was a long career spent proving it wasn't a fluke."
tagline: "English footballer and manager (1945-2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alan_Ball_(cropped).jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1945-05-12"
deathDate: "2007-04-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             25
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Ball turned professional at Blackpool in 1962 at 17, quickly becoming the side's standout and keeping them in the First Division. Four years later Everton signed him just as he earned his England call-up at 19, and by summer he was starting in the World Cup final — the team's youngest player when they lifted the trophy. He won the First Division with Everton in 1970, then moved to Arsenal for a record £220,000 in late 1971. After five years he dropped to the Second Division with Southampton, captaining them to promotion in 1978 and a League Cup final the next year, with brief stints player-managing in Philadelphia and playing in Vancouver woven in. He returned to Blackpool as player-manager, had a second Southampton spell, then closed out his playing days in 1983 after 22 years and more than 180 league goals. His 72 England caps ended in 1975; he was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2003 and died in April 2007, aged 61.