Des Bell

Australian rules footballer (born 1923)

Australian rules footballer
Des Bell
Personal information
Full name Desmond Clyde Bell
Date of birth (1923-05-23)23 May 1923
Place of birth Creswick, Victoria, Australia
Original team(s) Creswick[1]
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1946–48 Melbourne 7 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1948.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Desmond Clyde Bell (born 23 May 1923) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Personal life

Bell was born at Creswick, Victoria on 23 May 1923.[3] He married Nina Helen Dora Thomson in 1948.[4]

Bell served overseas as a gunner in the Australian Army during the Second World War.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ "1946 - What Has Happened To The "No Drop" Rule ?". Sporting Globe. 19 June 1946. p. 13. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  2. ^ Holmesby & Main (2009), p.59.
  3. ^ Service Record.
  4. ^ Engagements: Thomson—Bell, The Argus, (Tuesday, 3 September 1946), p.10.
  5. ^ Nominal Roll.

References

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  • World War Two Nominal Roll: Gunner Desmond Clyde Bell (VX113976), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
  • World War Two Nominal Roll: Gunner Desmond Clyde Bell (VX113976), National Archives of Australia.
  • Des Bell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  • Des Bell at AustralianFootball.com
  • Des Bell, at Demonwiki.


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