Alan Ball was born on 12 May 1945 in Farnworth, Lancashire, England, UK. He was married to Janet Lesley Newton. He died on 25 April 2007 in Warsash, Hampshire, England, UK.
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.
