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Alan Ball Jr.

1945 - 2007

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Alan James Ball (12 May 1945 – 25 April 2007) was an English professional football player and manager. Often regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time, he won the 1966 World Cup with England and played for various clubs, scoring more than 180 league goals in a career spanning 22 years. After retiring as a player, he had a 15-year career as a manager which included spells in the top flight of English football with Portsmouth, Southampton and Manchester City. He was inducted in the English Football Hall of Fame in 2003. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Ball Jr. is the 67th most popular soccer player (up from 2,070th in 2019), the 487th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,949th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Alan Ball Jr. ranks 67 out of 21,273. Before him are Mario Kempes, David Beckham, Oliver Kahn, Flórián Albert, Francesco Totti, and Silvio Piola. After him are Uwe Seeler, Béla Guttmann, Gianni Rivera, Billy Wright, Nílton Santos, and Giacinto Facchetti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Alan Ball Jr. ranks 49. Before him are Anselm Kiefer, Mia Farrow, Adly Mansour, Goldie Hawn, Dési Bouterse, and James Avery. After him are Douglas Osheroff, George Smoot, Keith Jarrett, Vinko Puljić, Jean Nouvel, and Michael J. Smith. Among people deceased in 2007, Alan Ball Jr. ranks 17. Before him are Mstislav Rostropovich, Carlo Ponti, Ernst Otto Fischer, Kai Siegbahn, Maurice Béjart, and Marcel Marceau. After him are Benazir Bhutto, Sidney Sheldon, Aden Adde, Albert Ellis, Paul Cohen, and Theodore Maiman.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Ball Jr. ranks 487 out of 8,785. Before him are Robbie Coltrane (1950), David Niven (1910), William Baffin (1584), Enid Blyton (1897), Martin Ryle (1918), and Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849). After him are Keir Starmer (1962), Prince Andrew, Duke of York (1960), John Wallis (1616), Emma Thompson (1959), Offa of Mercia (800), and Martin Rees (1942).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Alan Ball Jr. ranks 4. Before him are Bobby Charlton (1937), George Best (1946), and David Beckham (1975). After him are Billy Wright (1924), Bobby Moore (1941), Stanley Matthews (1915), George Graham (1944), Gordon Banks (1937), Tony Adams (1966), Colin Bell (1946), and Andy Cole (1971).

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