Des Bell

Des Bell
Personal information
Full name	Desmond Clyde Bell
Date of birth	(1923-05-23) 23 May 1923 (age 102)
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.

External links

• Des Bell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Des Bell at AustralianFootball.com
• Des Bell, at Demonwiki.