Willie Bell
Personal information | |||
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Full name | William John Bell[1] | ||
Date of birth | 3 September 1937 | ||
Place of birth | Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1958–1960 | Queen's Park | 54 | (2) |
1960–1967 | Leeds United | 204 | (15) |
1967–1969 | Leicester City | 49 | (0) |
1969–1970 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 44 | (1) |
Total | 351 | (18) | |
International career | |||
1966 | Scotland | 2 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1975–1977 | Birmingham City | ||
1977–1978 | Lincoln City | ||
1979–2001 | Liberty University | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William John Bell (born 3 September 1937) is a Scottish former football player and manager. He played as a left back.
Bell was born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire. He played for Queen's Park in the Scottish Football League and for Leeds United, Leicester City and Brighton & Hove Albion in the English Football League. He played more than 200 league games for Leeds United in the 1960s. At international level, he represented Scotland twice. Bell managed Birmingham City and Lincoln City, and then moved to the United States, where he coached the Liberty University Flames in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Bell is a devout Christian and an ordained minister, who together with wife Mary founded a ministry which visits prisons in England and the United States.[2]
References
- ^ "Willie Bell". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
- ^ Brown, Eric (1 February 2009). "Freeing the captive: Former LU soccer coach finds purpose in prison ministry". Liberty Journal. Liberty University. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
External links
- Willie Bell at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- Willie Bell at the Scottish Football Association
- Use dmy dates from November 2012
- Living people
- 1937 births
- People from Johnstone
- Scottish footballers
- Scotland international footballers
- Association football fullbacks
- Queen's Park F.C. players
- Leeds United F.C. players
- Leicester City F.C. players
- Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- English Football League players
- Scottish football managers
- Scottish expatriate football managers
- Birmingham City F.C. managers
- Lincoln City F.C. managers
- Liberty Flames soccer
- Footballers from Renfrewshire
- Scotland amateur international footballers
- Scottish football defender, 1930s birth stubs