Charlie Bell (footballer, born 1894)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charles Oliver Bell | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dumfries Wanderers | |||
| Douglas Wanderers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 19XX–1913 | Carlisle City | ||
| 1913–1914 | Woolwich Arsenal | ||
| 1914–1915 | Chesterfield | ||
| Barrow | |||
| Queens Park Rangers | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1919–1922 | Sporting Clube de Portugal | ||
| 1923–1925 | Wigan Borough | ||
| 1927–1928 | Padova | ||
| 1928–1930 | Sporting Clube de Portugal | ||
| 1932–1933 | Marseille | ||
| 1933 | Nice | ||
| 1935 | Mansfield Town | ||
| 1936–1939 | Bournemouth | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Charles Oliver Bell (born 18 May 1894 in Dumfries[1]-died 5 June 1939[2]) was an English footballer and football manager.
He played for Dumfries Wanderers, Douglas Wanderers, Carlisle City, Woolwich Arsenal, Chesterfield, Barrow and Queens Park Rangers.
After coaching jobs at Sporting Clube de Portugal[3], Reading and Notts County, he became a full-time manager at Wigan Borough[4]. He left England for Italy, where he coached Padova from 1927 to 1928[5]. He came back to Lisbon with Sporting Clube de Portugal in 1928. In 1932, he was the first Marseille manager in the newly founded French professional football championship. In France, he had also a stint at Nice.[6]
He came back to England in 1935, with Mansfield Town and then managed Bournemouth for three years.[7] He died very few after, aged 45.
References
- ^ Other sources give Cambridge as place of birth
- ^ http://www.chesterfield-fc.co.uk/staticFiles/f8/36/0,,10435~145144,00.xls
- ^ http://www.forumscp.com/wiki/index.php?title=Charles_Bell
- ^ http://www.yeoldetreeandcrown.co.uk/modules/news/article.php?storyid=41
- ^ http://www.rsssf.com/players/eng-players-in-it.html
- ^ http://www.om1899.com/joueurs/entraineur/bell.htm
- ^ http://www.afcb.co.uk/page/ClubInfo/
External links
- 1894 births
- 1939 deaths
- English footballers
- English football managers
- Arsenal F.C. players
- Chesterfield F.C. players
- Barrow A.F.C. players
- Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
- Sporting Lisbon managers
- Calcio Padova managers
- Olympique de Marseille managers
- OGC Nice managers
- Mansfield Town F.C. managers
- A.F.C. Bournemouth managers