Tommy Ball Murder

[itbrvilla]

Just watched the video linked below and thought it would be good to share here. Tommy Ball, the only professional footballer in the Football league to be murdered.

I had hear the story before but wasn't aware of the full story.

https://youtu.be/8hK_pMjpdyM

[Diablo]

Thanks for highlighting this sad story. I wasn't aware of it before. The timing of it makes it even more poignant.

[PeterWithesShin]

Bit more here http://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?topic=48830

[BC Villain]

Not sure if anyone's seen this.  95 years ago today.  RIP Tommy

 https://youtu.be/8hK_pMjpdyM

[Exeter 77]

I think Dave W wrote something on Tommy Ball's murder in H & V in the early 1990s but I would have to dig out the copy to check.

[Risso]

There was an ex Blues player who was killed in the shootings in Tunisia a few years ago.  Surely that counts as a footballer being murdered?

[dave shelley]

There was an ex Blues player who was killed in the shootings in Tunisia a few years ago.  Surely that counts as a footballer being murdered?

Denis Thwaites.

[PeterWithesShin]

There was an ex Blues player who was killed in the shootings in Tunisia a few years ago.  Surely that counts as a footballer being murdered?

I'd imagine there's a few ex-players that have been murdered, which isn't the claim.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2014/dec/17/forgotten-story-tommy-ball-aston-villa-life-death

[Damo70]

I got the November issue of FourFourTwo magazine today and there is an article in it -

The Killing Of Tommy Ball - The Tragic Tale Of Aston Villa's Rising Star, The Only Football League Player To Be Murdered

[SoccerHQ]

Very interesting read this afternoon.

Lived in Perry Barr area and seems was a dispute with a neighbour who just shot him.

Remains the only footballer to be actually playing at the time to be murdered and let's hope that stays that way.