fullname years clubs statsend name originalteam birth_date article_title heightweight
ray ball 1969-1970 1971-1974 '' ` total - '' ' richmond south melbourne 1974 ray ball st patrick 's college 20 february 1949 ray ball -lrb- footballer -rrb-
 185 ; kg & nbsp ; cm / 86 & nbsp
ray ball -lrb- footballer -rrb-

ray ball -lrb- born 20 february 1949 -rrb- is a former australian rules footballer who played with richmond and south melbourne in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .
ball was a fullback , who came to richmond from ballarat and made six appearances early in the 1969 vfl season .
he did n't play again for the rest of the year and missed out on participating in richmond 's premiership team .
after playing only six more games in 1970 , ball crossed to south melbourne but struggled with injury in his first season with the club .
he was a regular fixture in the south melbourne side in 1972 and 1973 , playing 16 games in each season .
once his time at south melbourne had come to an end , ball continued his football career in the victorian football association , where he played for caulfield .
later , in 1979 , he coached mulgrave to an eastern districts football league premiership .
ball then joined the coaching staff at carlton and was put in charge of their under-19s team in 1981 .
he also served as an assistant coach with the sydney swans .
two sons , luke and matthew ball , both played in the australian football league .
