Si Bell | |
School: | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets |
Birth Date: | 18 April 1894 |
Birth Place: | Orchard Hill, Georgia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Gainesville, Georgia, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 1 |
Weight Lbs: | 179 |
Class: | Graduate |
Pastschools: | Georgia Tech (1915 - 1917) |
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Robert Strickland "Si" Bell (April 18, 1894 - March 12, 1972)[1] was a college football player.
Bell was prominent end for the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was twice selected All-Southern.
Bell was a starter for the 222–0 rout of Cumberland.
He was also a member of Tech's first national championship team in 1917 which outscored opponents 491 to 17.[2] Bell left to join the American effort in the First World War as a marine just a week after celebrating the national championship.[3]