England World Cup winner Alan Ball dies aged 61

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It is believed he suffered a heart attack.

The former Everton, Arsenal and Southampton star won 72 caps for his country, scoring eight goals.

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World Cup winner: Alan Ball

He also enjoyed a long managerial career, taking charge of Manchester City, Portsmouth, Southampton, Blackpool, Stoke and Exeter.

Ball is the second of the 1966 winners to die after skipper Bobby Moore lost his battle with cancer in 1993.

Manager Sir Alf Ramsey died in 1999 aged 79.

Ball began his career at Blackpool and went on to play for Everton, Arsenal and Southampton, before a spell playing in America. He was part of Everton's 1970 league championship-winning side.

He also managed seven clubs over a 19-year period, including two spells with Portsmouth as well as Southampton and Manchester City.

However, his managerial career was significantly less successful than his time as a player.

Ball made his England debut in May 1965 in a 1-1 draw with Yugoslavia in Belgrade and also appeared in the 1970 World Cup finals in Mexico.

In 1973, he became only the second England player to be sent off in a full international when he was dismissed in a vital World Cup qualifier in Poland.

He missed the return game at Wembley as a result, a match that famously saw England fail to reach the 1974 finals and resulted in Ramsey's dismissal.

Ball went on to briefly captain his country but his international career was ended abruptly in 1975 when Ball was only 30.

He had scored eight international goals.

In May 2005, Ball put his World Cup winners' medal and commemorative tournament cap up for auction to raise money for his family. They were sold for £140,000.