Alan Ball Jr.
English footballer and manager (1945-2007)
Person
- Born
- 1945-05-12
- Died
- 2007-04-25
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5 total works indexed
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,227x
- MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0
· 2013 · cited 34,660x
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 22,451x
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Alan James Ball (12 May 1945 – 25 April 2007) was an English professional football player and manager. He won the 1966 World Cup with England and scored 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. One of the best midfielders of his generation, he was inducted in the English Football Hall of Fame in 2003.