Des Bell

Desmond Clyde Bell (born 23 May 1923) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

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 career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1946–48	Melbourne	7 (4)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1948.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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

1. Holmesby & Main (2009), p.59.
2. Service Record.
3. Engagements: Thomson—Bell, The Argus, (Tuesday, 3 September 1946), p.10.
4. Nominal Roll.

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.

External links

• Des Bell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Des Bell at AustralianFootball.com
• Des Bell, at Demonwiki.