Des Bell Explained

Des Bell
Fullname:	Desmond Clyde Bell
Birth Date:	23 May 1923
Birth Place:	Creswick, Victoria, Australia
Originalteam:	Creswick^[1]
Height:	180 cm
Weight:	79 kg
Statsend:	1948
Years1:	1946–48
Games Goals1:	7 (4)

Desmond Clyde Bell (born 23 May 1923) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[2]

Personal life

Bell was born at Creswick, Victoria on 23 May 1923.^[3] He married Nina Helen Dora Thomson in 1948.^[4]

Bell served overseas as a gunner in the Australian Army during the Second World War.^[5]

References

• Book: Holmesby, Russell. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Main. Jim . 2009 . 8th . 978-1-921496-00-4 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria.
• 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.

External links

• • • Des Bell, at Demonwiki.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1946 - What Has Happened To The “No Drop” Rule ? . Sporting Globe . 27 June 2024 . 13 . 19 June 1946.
2. Holmesby & Main (2009), p.59.
3. Service Record.
4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22318424 Engagements: Thomson—Bell, The Argus, (Tuesday, 3 September 1946), p.10.
5. Nominal Roll.