Tommy Bell (footballer, born 1923)

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Tommy Bell
Personal information
Full name Thomas Anthony Peter Bell [1]
Date of birth(1923-12-30)30 December 1923 [1]
Place of birth Crompton, Lancashire, England
Date of death 21 November 1988(1988-11-21) (aged 64)
Place of death Chadderton, Lancashire, England
Position(s) Full back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
????–1946 Glossop
1946 Mossley
1946–1952 Oldham Athletic 170 (0)
1952–1953 Stockport County 31 (0)
1953–1956 Halifax Town 117 (1)
1956–1958 Chorley
1958–1959 Mossley
1959–1960 Ashton United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Anthony Peter Bell (30 December 1923 – 21 November 1988) was an English professional footballer. A left-back, [2] he played in 318 Football League matches for three clubs, most notably for hometown club Oldham Athletic. Bell features, along with his son Graham, amongst 'The Legends of Oldham Athletic'.

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Career

Born in Crompton near Oldham, Bell signed for Mossley from Glossop in 1946. [3] Playing as a right-back, his performances during his 16 matches led to him signing for Third Division North club Oldham Athletic in late 1946. [4] [3] The fee of £550 was a record for a Mossley player. [3]

Bell made his Oldham debut in their 1946–47 FA Cup second-round defeat by Doncaster Rovers on 14 December 1946. He appears to have played well: the Daily Mirror wrote that Bell "left the field thinking out the miserable tale he'd have to tell at home. Outside the ground was the usual mob of autograph hunters. Waiting, not for the stars of Doncaster's successful team, but for Tommy Bell, the man who played a 'blinder'." [5]

After playing 170 league matches for Oldham, he signed for Stockport County in 1952. However, the following year he left to join Halifax Town, where he remained until 1956, making 117 appearances and scoring his only goal in the Football League. [2] After leaving Halifax, he signed for Chorley, where he remained until rejoining Mossley during the 1958–59 season. [3] The final season of his playing career, 1959–60, saw him join Ashton United, where he was appointed captain. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tommy Bell". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Tommy Bell". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Complete A-Z of Mossley players: Backhouse to Boslem". Mossley AFC. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "1946–47". Mossley AFC. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "'Look out, Bruce'—Nisse". Daily Mirror. London. 16 December 1946. p. 11.


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