Jason Ball

DOB

21/11/72

Height

201cm

Weight

104 kg

Junior club

Swan Districts

Arrived

Pre-draft zone selection in the 1991 national draft

Number

29 (1992), 26 (1993-1999)

Debut

Round 2 1992 vs Sydney
(74th Eagles player)

Games

102

Goals

114

Honours

Premiership medal (1994)
Premiership medal (2005, Syd)
Leading goalscorer (1995)

B&F Top 10

2 (1995, 1998)

Best Finish

5th (1998)

Last app.

Qualifying Final 1999 vs W.Bulldogs

Departed

Traded to Sydney at the end of the 1999 season for pick 11 (Darren Glass) and pick 41 (Kane Munro)

Other clubs

Swan Districts (WAFL) 1991-1999
Sydney (AFL) 2000-2005

Picked up from Swan Districts during the early 1990s, the giant Ball was equally capable of playing in the ruck or as a key forward during his time at West Coast.

West Coast career[]

In just his 18th game of senior football, Ball started at centre-half forward in the 1994 grand final and kicked two goals.

Ball spent most of 1995 in the forward line with Peter Sumich out injured, and ended the season as the club’s leading goalscorer with 48 majors. The following year he snared a career-best 6 goal haul against North Melbourne at Subiaco.

He played in his final match in blue and gold in the qualifying win over the Bulldogs in 1999. At the end of the season he was wooed by Sydney and was traded to the harbour city for a pair of draft picks. (West Coast did alright out of the trade – one of those picks was used on future skipper and premiership fullback Darren Glass).

Sydney career[]

Ball played 90 games in the red and white including a number of battles with his old side and their champion ruckman Dean Cox. He retired after the last such battle, the 2005 grand final, having won his second premiership medal.

Post retirement[]

Ball remained in Sydney after retiring, working as a stockbroker and sitting as a director on the Swans' board. He joined the AFL Commission in 2015.

Stats[]

AFL	Gm	G	B	K	M	H	D	T	Cl	WAFL	Gm	G
1992	1	0	1	3	2	0	3	3		SD	20	35
1993	1	0	0	2	1	2	4	0			19	33
1994	16	10	8	131	63	75	206	15			7	20
1995	22	48	35	208	128	87	295	14			0
1996	13	25	13	110	66	53	163	9			0
1997	14	7	6	87	58	81	168	21			3	3
1998	20	20	11	178	89	109	287	13	62		0
1999	16	4	4	100	65	75	175	7	48		2	3
Tot	103	114	78	819	472	482	1301	82	110
Avg		1.1		8.0	4.6	4.7	12.6	0.8	1.1