How tall is Alan Ball Jr.?

Alan Ball Jr.'s listed height was 168 cm (5'6"). He was taller than about 17% of men in the United Kingdom.

Where 168 cm sits among men in the United Kingdom

Taller than about 17% of men in the United Kingdom born in 1945 (average 174.7 cm).

Jr. next to his teammates

Peter Shilton is 15 cm taller than Alan Ball Jr. (183 cm), teammate at England men's national association football team from 1970 to 1975.

About Alan Ball Jr.

Alan Ball Jr. was an English professional football player and manager. He was born on 12 May 1945 in Farnworth and died on 25 April 2007, aged 61. After a brief non-league spell at Ashton United, he started his professional career at Blackpool in 1962 at the age of 17.

Ball became Blackpool's star player, signed for Everton in 1966 and won the First Division in 1970. He moved to Arsenal in December 1971 for a record fee of 220,000 pounds, then to Southampton in 1976, where he captained the side to promotion in 1978. He won the 1966 World Cup with England, playing in the final as the team's youngest member at 21, and played 72 games and scored eight goals for England between 1965 and 1975. After retiring as a player he managed Portsmouth, Southampton and Manchester City, and was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2003.

Ball stood a listed 168 cm (5'6"). Peter Shilton, listed at 183 cm (6'0"), was 15 cm taller and his teammate in the England men's national association football team from 1970 to 1975.

Frequently asked

How tall is Alan Ball Jr. in feet and inches? Alan Ball Jr. was 5'6" tall, which is 168 cm, 66.1 inches or 1.68 m.

How tall is Alan Ball Jr. compared to Peter Shilton? Peter Shilton is 15 cm taller than Alan Ball Jr.: 183 cm (6'0") vs 168 cm (5'6").

Is Alan Ball Jr. tall for men in the United Kingdom? At 168 cm he was taller than about 17% of men in the United Kingdom born in 1945, whose average height is 174.7 cm.

Sources

• Alan Ball Jr. on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Alan Ball Jr. on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 168 cm.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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