Cedric Ball

{{short description|American basketball player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Cedric Ball | image = | position = Small forward | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 8 | weight_lbs = 210 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|4|16}} | birth_place = Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. | high_school = South (Worcester, Massachusetts) | college = Charlotte (1987–1990) | draft_year = 1990 | career_start = | career_end = | years1 = 1990–1991 | team1 = Wichita Falls Texans | years2 = {{nbay|1990|start}} | team2 = Los Angeles Clippers | years3 = 1996–1997 | team3 = Quad City Thunder | years4 = 1996–1997 | team4 = Connecticut Pride | highlights = }} '''Cedric Glenn Ball''' (born April 16, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player born in Worcester, Massachusetts. He had a brief stint with the Los Angeles Clippers during the 1990–91 NBA season. Ball, a {{convert|6|ft|8|in|m|adj=on}} and {{convert|210|lb|kg|adj=on}} small forward, attended South High Community School in Worcester and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Ball also played professionally in Japan, France and Venezuela.<ref name="telegram">{{cite news| last=Ring| first=Kim| title=Aim, shoot, happiness: Worcester basketball star having a ball working for Probation Department| url=http://www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070405/NEWS/704050764/1008/RSS01&source=rss| publisher=Worcester Telegram & Gazette Corp.| date=2007-04-05| accessdate=2007-04-10| archive-date=2014-02-22| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222134442/http://www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070405/NEWS/704050764/1008/RSS01&source=rss| url-status=dead}}</ref>

He now works as an associate in the Probation Department at the Western Worcester District Court in East Brookfield,<ref name="telegram"/> Worcester County, Massachusetts. He is also studying to become a deacon at his Baptist church.<ref name="telegram"/>

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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070206064349/http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BALLCE01 NBA stats] @ www.basketballreference.com

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