Dick Bell (footballer)

Dick Bell
Personal information
Full name Richard Bell
Place of birth Greenock, Scotland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Inside forward
Youth career
Dawdon Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1935 Port Glasgow Athletic Juniors
1935–1937 Sunderland 1 (0)
1937–1939 West Ham United 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard Bell was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Sunderland and West Ham United.[1][2]

After a single appearance for Sunderland, Bell joined West Ham, then of the Second Division, and scored on his only League appearance for the club.[3]

Bell signed up with the Essex Regiment of the Territorial Army in April 1939 and served with the Royal Artillery during World War II. He played as a wartime guest for Clapham and Southend United.[3]

  1. ^ Dykes, Garth; Lamming, Doug (2000). All the Lads: A Complete Who's Who of Sunderland AFC. Great Britain. ISBN 9781899538157.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012) [2002]. Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-905891-61-0.
  3. ^ a b Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media. p. 25. ISBN 1-903135-50-8.