Keith Ball
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Keith Ball | ||
| Date of birth | 26 October 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Walsall, England | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1958–1962 | Walsall | 11 | (0) |
| 1962–1966 | Worcester City | ||
| 1966–1968 | Walsall | 34 | (0) |
| 1968–1972 | Port Vale | 130 | (0) |
| 1972 | Stourport | ||
| 1972–1973 | Walsall | 2 | (0) |
| Darlaston | |||
| Nuneaton Borough | |||
| Kidderminster Harriers | |||
| Total | 177+ | (0) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Keith Ball (born 26 October 1940) is an English former footballer. He was a short but agile goalkeeper who made 145 league and cup appearances for Port Vale and enjoyed three spells with Walsall. He also played non-league football for Worcester City, Stourport, Darlaston, Nuneaton Borough, and Kidderminster Harriers. He was a squad player as Walsall won back-to-back promotions in 1959–60 and 1960–61, and was an ever-present for Port Vale as they won promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1968–69.
Ball began his career at hometown club Walsall, as the "Saddlers" posted a sixth-place finish in the Fourth Division in 1958–59. Bill Moore's side then went on to win the divisional title in 1959–60, before winning a second successive promotion with a second-place finish in the Third Division in 1960–61. The Fellows Park outfit then settled in the Second Division with a 14th-place finish in 1961–62. Having only featured in 11 league games, Ball was allowed to join Southern League side Worcester City. City finished one point above the relegation zone in the 1962–63 campaign, before rising to 13th place in 1963–64 and then third place in 1964–65, before dropping to eighth position in 1965–66. Ball returned to Walsall, now managed by Ray Shaw, to play 34 Third Division games in the 1966–67 and 1967–68 campaigns.
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