England World Cup Mexico 1970 Alan Ball Token Esso Exxon Franklin Mint Aluminum.

Alan James Ball MBE (12 May 1945 – 25 April 2007) was an English professional football player and manager. He was the youngest member of England's 1966 World Cup winning team and played as a midfielder for various clubs, scoring more than 180 league goals in a career spanning 22 years. His playing career also included a then national record £220,000 transfer from Everton to Arsenal at the end of 1971. After retiring as a player, he had a 15-year career as a manager which included spells in the top flight of English football with Portsmouth, Southampton, and Manchester City.

Alan Ball

Token - Alan Ball; Everton England World Cup Squad 1970

Features

Location United Kingdom

Issuing entity Esso

Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)

Type Promotional items › Advertising token

Year 1970

Composition Aluminium

Weight 2 g

Diameter 25.8 mm

Thickness 1.5 mm

Shape Round

Technique Milled

Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑

Number N# 113167 Help

Commemorative issue

England World Cup Squad 1970

Obverse

Name of footballer. Face of footballer, signature.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ALAN BALL

Reverse

Legend and date surrounding Esso logo.

Script: Latin

Lettering:

ENGLAND WORLD CUP SQUAD

Esso

FM

∙ MEXICO 1970 ∙

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Mintmark of The Franklin Mint (FM) The Franklin Mint, Wawa, Pennsylvania, United States (1964-date)

Comments

Esso: The 1970 World Cup Coin Collection.

A collection of 30 aluminium tokens minted for Esso to commemorate the 1970 World Cup in Mexico.

You got one random token with each fuel purchase, in an attempt to get you to purchase more fuel from Esso to complete the collection.