Sam Ball

For other uses, see Samuel Ball (disambiguation).

Sam Ball
Career information
No. 73
Date of birth	(1944-06-07) June 7, 1944
Place of birth	Henderson, Kentucky
Position(s)	Tackle
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight	250 lb (110 kg)
College	Kentucky
High school	Henderson High school
AFL draft	1966 / Round: 2 / Pick: 14
NFL draft	1966 / Round: 1 / Pick: 15
Career history
As player
(1966–1970)	Baltimore Colts
Career highlights and awards
NFL Champion (1968) AFC Champion (1970) Super Bowl Champion (V) College All America @ University of Kentucky Inducted into KY Pro Football HOF (2005)
Honors	Henderson County, Ky Sports Hall Of Fame Member; HCHS 1961 Big-8 Conference Champions, Four Year (1958,1959,1960 & 1961 High School record; 32–2–2, Mojo Hollowell-Head Coach (RIP).
Records	Consensus All Big-8 1961 Conference Lineman Henderson County, KY High School, HCHS-Lineman of the Year-1960,1961, All State-Kentucky 1961, Evansville Courier & Press Lineman of the Year 1961.
Career stats
Games played	61
Games started	2
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Sam Ball (born June 1, 1944) is a retired National Football League offensive lineman who played from 1966 through 1970. During that span he appeared in Super Bowl III and Super Bowl V for the Baltimore Colts. He played college football at the University of Kentucky.

Ironically, he was also drafted in 1966 by the Jets in the 2nd rd, 15th overall. 1966 was the last year where NFL and AFL teams could draft the same player.

Jan 12th 1969 saw Sam Ball as the starting offensive RT (Right Tackle) for the Colts against the Jets in Super Bowl III. He missed out on a Super Bowl ring as the Jets won 16–7, however he won one in Super Bowl V.

The Jets drafted Sam Walton at RT in 1968, he struggled as a rookie before being replaced in the playoffs by Dave Herman who moved across from RG. Ball choosing the Colts over the Jets influenced the drafting of Walton as Ball would have been used to replace Sherman Plunkett.

1965 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	B Donny Anderson B Mike Garrett B Jim Grabowski B Bob Griese E Howard Twilley E Freeman White OT Sam Ball OT Glen Ray Hines G Dick Arrington G Stas Maliszewski C Paul Crane

Defense	DL Walt Barnes DL Aaron Brown DL Loyd Phillips DL Bubba Smith DL Bill Yearby LB Frank Emanuel LB Carl McAdams LB Tommy Nobis DB Nick Rassas DB Johnny Roland DB George Webster

Baltimore Colts Super Bowl V champions

15 Earl Morrall 17 Sam Havrilak 19 Johnny Unitas 20 Jerry Logan 21 Rick Volk 25 Tom Curtis 27 Ray Perkins 28 Jimmy Orr 30 Ron Gardin 32 Mike Curtis 33 Eddie Hinton 34 Tom Nowatzke 35 Jim Duncan 36 Norm Bulaich 40 Jack Maitland 42 Tom Maxwell 45 Jerry Hill 47 Charles Stukes 49 David Lee 50 Bill Curry 51 Bob Grant 52 Robbie Nichols 54 Tom Goode 56 Ray May 60 George Wright 61 Cornelius Johnson 62 Glenn Ressler 71 Dan Sullivan 72 Bob Vogel 73 Sam Ball 74 Billy Ray Smith 75 John Williams 76 Fred Miller 78 Bubba Smith 80 Jim O'Brien 81 Billy Newsome 83 Ted Hendricks 84 Tom Mitchell 85 Roy Hilton 87 Roy Jefferson 88 John Mackey

Head coach: Don McCafferty

Coaches: Dick Bielski Bobby Boyd Hank Bullough John Idzik Lou Rymkus John Sandusky

1966 NFL draft first-round selections

Tommy Nobis Tom Mack Dick Leftridge Randy Beisler John Niland Charlie Gogolak Jerry Shay Carl McAdams Jim Grabowski Francis Peay Stan Hindman George Rice Gale Gillingham Milt Morin Sam Ball Randy Johnson

Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts first-round draft picks

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