Des Bell

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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
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (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). [1]

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Personal life

Bell was born at Creswick, Victoria on 23 May 1923. [2] He married Nina Helen Dora Thomson in 1948. [3]

Bell served overseas as a gunner in the Australian Army during the Second World War. [4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby & Main (2009), p.59.
  2. ↑ Service Record.
  3. ↑ Engagements: Thomson—Bell, The Argus, (Tuesday, 3 September 1946), p.10.
  4. ↑ Nominal Roll.

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