Harry M. Bell

Harry M. Bell
Biographical details
Born1889
Winterset, Iowa, U.S.
Died(1949-02-17)February 17, 1949 (aged 60)
Long Beach, California, U.S.
Alma materDrake (BS)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1913Fort Madison HS (IA)
1914Burlington HS (IA)
1915–1918North HS (IA)
1919Drake (assistant)
1920–1923Des Moines
1924–1929Lombard
1930–1931Butler
1932–1934Corpus Christi HS (IL)
1935–1938Illinois Wesleyan
Basketball
1920–1924Des Moines
1932–1935Corpus Christi HS (IL)
1935–1939Illinois Wesleyan
Track
c. 1934Corpus Christi HS (IL)
1935–?Illinois Wesleyan
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1924–1930Lombard
1930Butler
?–1935Corpus Christi HS (IL)
1935–1939Illinois Wesleyan
Head coaching record
Overall72–57–7 (college football)
51–31 (college basketball, Illinois Wesleyan only)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
3 IIAC (1924, 1929, 1936)

Harry M. Bell (1889 – February 17, 1949) was an American football, basketball, and track coach. He served in the head football coach at Des Moines University in Des Moines, Iowa from 1920 to 1923, Lombard College in Galesburg, Illinois in 1924 to 1929, Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana from 1930 to 1931, and at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois from 1935 to 1938.[1][2][3][4] Bell was also the head basketball coach at Illinois Wesleyan from 1935 to 1939, tallying a mark of 51–31.[5]

In November 1932, Bell became the head football coach at Corpus Christi High School in Galesburg.[6] He also taught English and served as the athletic director at Corpus Christi High School before he was hired by Illinois Wesleyan in 1935.[7]

Bell was born in Winterset, Iowa. He died on February 17, 1949, at the age of 60, at a hospital in Long Beach, California.[8]

  1. ^ Taylor, Sec (December 28, 1919). "Harry Bell Will Succeed Elfrink as Tiger Mentor". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. p. 15. Retrieved April 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Coach Harry M. Bell". Dubuque Times Journal. October 23, 1925. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  3. ^ "Football Media Guide" (PDF). Butler Bulldogs football. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 6, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  4. ^ "IWU Catalog". University of Illinois. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  5. ^ "Men's Basketball Records". Illinois Wesleyan University. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  6. ^ "Bell Accepts Position at Corpus Christi High". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. November 8, 1932. p. 31. Retrieved September 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Harry Bell Is Named Coach At Wesleyan". Daily Chronicle. DeKalb, Illinois. March 30, 1935. p. 6. Retrieved September 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Harry Bell Dies On Coast After Illness". The Pantagraph. Bloomington, Illinois. February 18, 1949. p. 11. Retrieved September 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.