John Ball

John Ball may refer to:

  • John Ball (priest) (c. 1338–1381), English Lollard priest of the Peasants' Revolt
  • John Ball (16th century MP) for Norwich
  • John Ball (Puritan) (1585–1640), English author and scholar
  • John Ball (clergyman) (fl.1785), American minister from Nova Scotia
  • John Ball (minister) (1665–1745), English Presbyterian minister
  • John Ball (pioneer) (1794–1884), American explorer
  • John Thomas Ball (1815–1898), Irish barrister and politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Dublin University 1868–1875
  • John Ball (naturalist) (1818–1889), Irish naturalist and politician, MP for County Carlow 1857–1880
  • John Ball (golfer) (1861–1940), English amateur golfer; winner of The Open Championship
  • John Ball (author) (1911–1988), American novelist
  • John Ball (footballer born 1900) (1900–1989), English footballer for Bury and England
  • John Ball (footballer born 1925), English footballer for Bolton Wanderers
  • Johnny Ball (born 1938), English children's television presenter
  • John M. Ball (born 1948), English mathematician
  • John Ball (soccer) (born 1972), American footballer for the Rochester Rhinos

Famous quotes containing the word ball:

    “I don’t like comparisons with football. Baseball is an entirely different game. You can watch a tight, well-played football game, but it isn’t exciting if half the stadium is empty. The violence on the field must bounce off a lot of people. But you can go to a ball park on a quiet Tuesday afternoon with only a few thousand people in the place and thoroughly enjoy a one-sided game. Baseball has an aesthetic, intellectual appeal found in no other team sport.”
    —Bowie Kuhn (b. 1926)