World Cup winner Ball dies at 61
Ball was a key part of England's World Cup winning team in 1966
World Cup winner Alan Ball has died of a heart attack at the age of 61.
Ball was a key member of the England side that won the World Cup in 1966
and went on to win 72 caps for his country.
He started his career at Blackpool and went on to play for Everton,
Arsenal and Southampton before a playing spell in the United States of America.
He also managed seven clubs over a 19-year period, including two spells
with Portsmouth as well as Southampton and Manchester City.
Ball was awarded an MBE in 2000 for his services to football.
He is the second member of the side that beat West Germany 4-2 at Wembley
to die. Captain Bobby Moore died of cancer in 1993.
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