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Nov 29, 1944 Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada 79 years old
Canadian ice hockey defenceman
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About Terry Ball Ice Hockey
- Terrance James Ball (born November 29, 1944) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman.
- Ball played in the National Hockey League, the World Hockey Association, the Finnish SM-Liiga, and several minor leagues in a career that spanned from 1964 until 1979. Ball was a European scout of the Edmonton Oilers during the 1970s.Ball was born in Selkirk, Manitoba.
- He played junior with the Winnipeg Rangers and Brandon Wheat Kings, and Kitchener Rangers In 1963–64, he played eight games with the Vancouver Canucks of the Western Hockey League, but finished the season in junior.
- He played one further season in junior, with Kitchener and signed underage with the New York Rangers. In 1964–65, Ball moved on to minor professional leagues, with the Minnesota Rangers.
- Ball remained in the New York Rangers farm system until 1967, when he was claimed in the expansion draft by Philadelphia.
- He played one game for the Flyers, but spent the rest of the season with their Quebec Aces affiliate.
- Ball played full-time in the NHL in 1969–70 with the Flyers, before being traded in the off-season to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
- Ball did not play in the NHL for the Penguins, and was traded to the Buffalo Sabres in 1971. Ball was chosen by the World Hockey Association's Minnesota Fighting Saints in the 1972 general draft, and he signed with them.
- Ball played three seasons with Minnesota before being claimed by the Cleveland Crusaders in 1975.
- Ball played one season with Cleveland before being traded to the Cincinnati Stingers.
- Ball was picked up by the Birmingham Bulls in 1976, and he split the season between the Bulls and the minors. In 1977, Ball signed with HIFK Helsinki, where he played two further seasons of hockey before ending his career.
