Nelson Ball

Nelson Ball

Date of birth	(1908-10-11)11 October 1908
Place of birth	Foxton, New Zealand
Date of death	9 May 1986(1986-05-09) (aged 77)
Place of death	Durban, South Africa
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
School	Feilding Agricultural High School
Notable relative(s)	Murray Ball (son)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Wing
New Zealand No.	380
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1927–29 1930–35	Wanganui Wellington
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1931–36	New Zealand	5	(12)

Nelson Ball (11 October 1908 – 9 May 1986) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A wing, Ball represented Wanganui and Wellington at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1931 to 1936. He played 22 matches for the All Blacks including five internationals.^[1]

Ball moved to South Africa in 1948 and lived there for the rest of his life. He was the father of New Zealand cartoonist Murray Ball.^[1]

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