Harry Bell | |
Fullname: | Henry Davey Bell |
Birth Date: | 14 October 1924 |
Birth Place: | Castletown, County Durham, England |
Death Place: | Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England |
Position: | Wing half |
Years1: | – |
Clubs1: | Hylton Colliery Welfare |
Years2: | 1946–1955 |
Caps2: | 290 |
Goals2: | 9 |
Years3: | 1955–1959 |
Caps3: | 126 |
Goals3: | 19 |
Years4: | – |
Clubs4: | Spennymoor United |
Manageryears1: | – |
Managerclubs1: | Spennymoor United |
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]