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Des Bell
Personal information
Full name Desmond Clyde Bell
Date of birth (1923-05-23)23 May 1923
Place of birth Creswick, Victoria
Original team(s) Creswick
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1946–48 Melbourne 7 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1948.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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

Prior to playing VFL football, Bell served in the Australian Army in World War II.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  2. ^ "World War II Roll:Desmond Clyde Bell". Commonwealth of Australia.