Ted Ballard

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Ted Ballard
Personal information
Full name Edgar Albert Ballard[1]
Date of birth (1920-06-16)16 June 1920
Place of birth Brentford, England
Date of death 10 June 2008(2008-06-10) (aged 87)[1]
Place of death St Leonards-on-Sea, England[2]
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[3]
Position(s)
Full-back
Youth career
Hayes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1943–1946 Brentford 0 (0)
1946–1947 Leyton Orient 26 (1)
1947–1952 Southampton 46 (0)
1952–1953 Leyton Orient 0 (0)
1953–1956 Snowdown Colliery Welfare
1953–1956 Hastings United
1957–1958 Ashford Town 15 (0)
Managerial career
1957–1962 Ashford Town
1962–1965 Hastings United
1967 Hastings United (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edgar Albert Ballard (16 June 1920 – 10 June 2008) was an English professional

full-back for Southampton
in the late 1940s/early 1950s.

Playing career

Ballard was born in

The Dell in June 1947, with Bill Stroud moving in the opposite direction.[3][5]

He made his debut for

1950–51 he made occasional starts, covering for Bill Ellerington at right-back and either Bill Rochford or Norman Kirkman at left-back. Unable to make either position his own, he was given a free transfer in August 1952, returning to Leyton Orient.[5]

At Orient he failed to break into the first team and in 1953 joined

Hastings United.[6][7]

Personal life

Ballard was brother in law of former footballer

public house in Hastings for a few years before becoming a franchising officer for Green Shield Stamps during the 1970s.[9] He spent his retirement in St Leonards-on-Sea and died in June 2008, one week short of his 88th birthday.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ted Ballard". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  2. ^ Kaufman, Neilson. "VE Day WW2 players as at May 2020" (PDF). p. 7. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  3. ^
    ISBN 0-9514862-3-3
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  4. ISBN 0951526200
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  5. ^
    ISBN 0752424122
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  6. ^ "Charter House saved historic street, but the pub had to go". Kentish Express. 8 October 2009. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2023 – via PressReader.
  7. ^ "Ted Ballard". SaintsPlayers.co.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  8. ISBN 978-0955294914
    .
  9. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X
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  10. ^ "Saints mourn duo". www.saintsfc.co.uk. 22 June 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
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