James Bell (Australian footballer)

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James Bell
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Bell playing for Sydney in July 2019
Personal information
Full name James Bell
Date of birth (1999-02-10) 10 February 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Shellharbour, New South Wales
Original team(s) Shellharbour Swans (AFL South Coast)/Sydney Swans Academy
Draft Category B Rookie Selection, 2017 rookie draft
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Sydney
Number 32
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2018-2022; Sydney 28 (10)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2022 season.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

James Bell (born 10 February 1999) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).

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Early life

Bell was born and raised in Shellharbour in the Illawarra region of New South Wales [1] and is of Indigenous Australian heritage (Yuin). [2] He grew up playing soccer and was linked to the Western Sydney Wanderers for a number of years as a teenager. [3] He began playing Australian rules football at the age of 13 and was placed in the Sydney Swans developmental academy shortly after. [4] When Bell was 15, he was given an ultimatum to choose between his two sporting interests and elected to pursue Australian rules football after attending a three-day training camp with his childhood idol - Sydney Swans player and two-time Brownlow Medallist Adam Goodes. [5] Bell subsequently moved to Sydney and joined the club's academy program full-time. The decision paid off when the Swans elected to pre-select Bell as a Category B rookie during the 2017 AFL draft. [6]

AFL career

Bell made his AFL debut for Sydney in 2019 in their round 21 fixture against Port Adelaide. [7]

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2022 season. [8]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2017 Sydney 320––––––––––––––
2018 Sydney 320––––––––––––––
2019 Sydney 322119514750.50.54.52.57.03.52.5
2020 [lower-alpha 1] Sydney 3283237326913280.40.34.64.08.61.63.5
2021 Sydney 32122238377524250.20.23.23.16.32.02.1
2022 Sydney 326433312451590.70.55.52.07.52.51.5
Career281081178620359670.40.34.23.17.32.12.4

Notes

  1. ↑ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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References

  1. ↑ "AFL 2019: Sydney Swans team news, James Bell to debut". Daily Telegraph. 6 August 2019.
  2. ↑ "AFL Indigenous Player Map 2018" (PDF). AFL Player's Association. 6 March 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  3. ↑ Mee, Cameron (28 November 2017). "Swans select Shellharbour junior in AFL Rookie Draft". Illawarra Mercury.
  4. ↑ "Bell to do Illawara proud". Sydney Swans. 7 August 2019.
  5. ↑ Rugari, Vince (23 May 2019). "Goodes passes the torch to the AFL's next Indigenous leaders". The Age.
  6. ↑ Mee, Cameron (28 November 2017). "Swans select Shellharbour junior in AFL Rookie Draft". Illawarra Mercury.
  7. ↑ "Bell to debut". Sydney Swans. 6 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "James Bell Stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
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