Joe Ball (rugby league)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full name | Joseph Ball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] St Helens, Merseyside, England | 1 April 1927|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 October 1964[2] | (aged 37)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Fullback, Scrum-half | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: [3] |
Joseph Ball (1 April 1927 – 6 October 1964) was an English rugby league footballer who played as a fullback or scrum-half for St Helens and Barrow.
Biography
Ball started his career with St Helens in 1943, playing 135 games for moving to Barrow in 1955,[1] He spent six seasons with Barrow,[2] Joe Ball played fullback in Barrow's 7-9 defeat by Leeds in the 1957 Challenge Cup Final during the 1956–57 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 11 May 1957, in front of a crowd of 76,318.[citation needed]
Ball's son, Ian, also played for Barrow.[1]
After suffering from cancer, Ball died in hospital on 6 October 1964, aged 37.[2]
References
External links
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Use dmy dates from February 2020
- Use British English from February 2020
- All articles with unsourced statements
- Articles with unsourced statements from February 2020
- 1927 births
- 1964 deaths
- Barrow Raiders players
- English rugby league players
- Rugby league fullbacks
- Rugby league players from St Helens, Merseyside
- St Helens R.F.C. players