Harold Ball

Harold Ball
Personal information
Full name Harold Charles Ball
Date of birth (1920-05-29)29 May 1920
Place of birth Mildura, Victoria, Australia
Date of death 9 February 1942(1942-02-09) (aged 21)
Place of death near Tengah Air Base, Tengah, British Malaya
Original team(s) Merbein
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Position(s) Ruck
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1939–1940 Melbourne 33 (33)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1940.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Harold Charles Ball (29 May 1920 – 9 February 1942) was an Australian rules football player for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL), who also served with the 2/9 Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps.

He was captured, tortured, and executed on 9 February 1942 by the Japanese, during their assault on Singapore that began on 8 January 1942.