Alan Ball est né le 12 mai 1945 à Lancashire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni. Il était marié à Janet Lesley Newton. Il est mort le 25 avril 2007 à Hampshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni.
Being the junior member of England's 1966 world cup-winning squad, he became the youngest (latest born) world champion. Succeeding Antônio Wilson Honório AKA Coutinho, though in '70 that status passed to Marco Antônio Feliciano.