If the ball isn't so discolored, particularly on the sweet spot, that it would prevent a signature from being clearly readable, then I think you should go with your instinct and combine the signature of this older icon with the sentimentality of something that belonged to your dad. Bottom line shouldn't be how it would look to others but what would mean the most to you. You might want to tell the player that the ball being signed is very special to you because it belonged to your dad.
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