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Player #1

From:

To:

Career Status:

1879-80

1879-80

Retired

Appearances:

2

Starts:

2

Goals:

0

Assists:

0

Involvements:

0

John Ball

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Goalkeeper

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PREVIOUS PLAYER

None

SUBSEQUENT PLAYER

John Ball

Seasons Quick-View

1879-80 🕒 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 | 0 | #1 |

Season :

1879-80

Age :

22

Division :

FAC

Squad # :

#

Appearances :

2

Starts :

2

Substitute :

0

Unused :

0

Goals :

0

Assists :

0

Involvements :

0

Games / Goal :

0.00

Bookings :

-

Sendings Off :

-

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

John Henry Ball

Birth Date

January 1857

Birth Place

Birmingham

Birth Country

England

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Citizenship

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England

Villa Youth

n/a

Previous Teams (incl. Youth)

Arcadians

Original Transfer

Aged

22

From

Arcadians

For

Free

On

1879

Under

Management Committee

Returning Transfer 1

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Returning Transfer 2

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Transfer Notes

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out 1

Aged

To

For

On

Under

23

Walsall Town Swifts

Free

1880

Management Committee

Transfer Out 2

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Transfer Out 3

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Subsequent Clubs

Walsall Town Swifts
Retired

Died

1940, Aged 83

John Ball

Villa Career

1879-80 | Free | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
🕒 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 | 0 | #1 |

🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Played Under

Management Committee 1879-80

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

13 December 1879

Under

Management Committee

First Squad

13 December 1879

Manager

Management Committee

Debut

Season

Date

Match

Age

Manager

1879-80

13 December 1879

Stafford Road (a), FA Cup

22

Management Committee

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Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

Aged

Manager

1879-80

24 January 1880

Stafford Road (h), FA Cup

23

Management Committee

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Final Squad

24 January 1880

Manager

Management Committee

Honours

Played for the Villa

Height

Foot

International Record

National Team

Not selected

Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |

Not selected

Caps with Villa

John Ball

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Player #1 for Aston Villa, John Henry Ball, known as John Ball was Villa’s first goalkeeper as a professional club. Making his debut in the 1879-80 FA Cup campaign - Villa’s first entry into the competition - he was to concede 2 goals without keeping a clean sheet.

John was born in Birmingham, just 3 miles from the current Villa ground, in 1857 and made his debut as a 22 year old.

Villa had signed him from Arcadians but he was only to appear on two occasions, both in the 1879-80 season.

John played in the era when team selection was made by a Management Committee rather than the latter day more typical Manager role.

John’s final game came on 24 January 1880 just over a month after his debut on 13th December 1879 after which Villa voluntarily withdrew from the competition.

John then moved on to Walsall Town Swifts.

John passed away in Birmingham in 1940 aged 83.

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