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
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).[1]

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

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.


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