Brookline High School

John P. Ball “Tankey”

Brookline High School in Brookline, Massachusetts, listed John P. Ball (“Tankey”) among 232 graduates in the class of 1928. The entry gives: headed for C. Tech; activities listed: Track and Football Varsity; lived at 52 Linden Place. Portrait and entry from the 1928 yearbook, page 27.

Class of 1928

232 in the class of 1928 · 34 more named Ball

Full name: John P. Ball
Known as: Tankey
Lived at: 52 Linden Place, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Headed for: C. Tech
Ambition: “College. I). Boston College”
Pastime: “Sports”

Also searched as: Tankey Ball; Jack Ball; John Ball; Johnny Ball.

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Clubs & teams 100
Neighbours 6
Same surname 26
Classmates 231

In context

Of the 232 entries from the Brookline High School class of 1928 read for this site, John's is 8th alphabetically. John's portrait is on scan page 27, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 26 to 87. The first name John runs through 9 classes of Brookline High School (1923 to 1931), 52 people in all, and is most common in 1931 (11). 12 people in the class list “Track”, John included. A college or college-preparatory course was the choice of 45% of those who printed a course in the class of 1928; the neighbouring classes show 44% in 1927 and 36% in 1929.

On the same scan page	Russella Andrews, Hervey Foster Armington Jr, Marion Coleville Arnett
Same club	Track: 11 other classmates
Same club	Baseball: 17 other classmates
Same first name	John: 4 other people in the class

At home, 52 Linden Place

The 1928 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Ball at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

John Ball (wife Ellen), gard householderpage
Alice C Ball, stenographer lived herepage
Catherine A Ball, student lived herepage
Frank T Ball, instr lived herepage
Helen Ball, stenographer lived herepage
John Ball Jr., student lived herepage
Margaret C Ball, student lived herepage
Mary J Ball, clerk lived herepage

What John did at school

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What the yearbook said

He’s the rock, the oak not to he wind-shaken.

Also grew up on Linden Place

The class of 1928

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Others named Ball

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1928, page 27. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1928broo).

Published 1928, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Public Library of Brookline via the Internet Archive.

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