Harry Bell
Personal information
Full name Henry Davey Bell
Date of birth (1924-10-14)14 October 1924
Place of birth Castletown, County Durham, England
Date of death 22 April 2014(2014-04-22) (aged 89)[1]
Place of death Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Hylton Colliery Welfare
1946–1955 Middlesbrough 290 (9)
1955–1959 Darlington 126 (19)
– Spennymoor United
Managerial career
– Spennymoor United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henry Davey "Harry" Bell (14 October 1924 – 22 April 2014) was an English professional footballer, born in Castletown, County Durham, who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League playing as a wing half for Middlesbrough and Darlington.[1][2] He went on to manage Spennymoor United, taking the club from the first qualifying round of the 1963–64 FA Amateur Cup to the fourth round proper.[3] Bell had a long cricket career with Durham County Cricket Club playing in the Minor Counties Championship.[4]

His nephew Norman Bell played professional football for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Blackburn Rovers in the 1970s and 1980s.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Sampson, Lindsey (25 April 2014). "Harry Bell Tributes as tough-tackling former Boro midfielder dies aged 89". Gazette Live. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Harry Bell". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  3. ↑ Ackland, Norman (July 1964). "Spennymoor Youngsters Aim For The Top" (reprint). Charles Buchan's Football Monthly. Picture Spennymoor History. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  4. ↑ "Harry Bell". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  5. ↑ "The Many Moves Of Norman Bell". Wolves Heroes. 14 May 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  • Harry Bell at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database


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