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Jack Bell (footballer, born 1891)

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Jack Bell
Personal information
Full name John James Bell[1]
Date of birth (1891-03-02)2 March 1891
Place of birth South Shields, England
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1907–1908 Sherwood Foresters
1908 St Bartholomew's
1908–1909 Christ Church
1909–1910 Sutton Town
1910–1911 Royal Engineers
1911–1912 Reading
1912–1913 Plymouth Argyle 19 (8)
1913–1916 Nottingham Forest 54 (6)
1919 South Shields 4 (1)
1919–1920 Merthyr Town
1921 Grimsby Town 3 (0)
1921 Loughborough Corinthians
1921–1923 Rotherham County 15 (2)
1923 Weymouth
1923–1924 Hartlepools United 12 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John James Bell (born 2 March 1891) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Nottingham Forest, Rotherham County, Hartlepools United, South Shields and Grimsby Town.[1][2]

Personal life

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Bell served in the British Armed Forces during the First World War.[3]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Plymouth Argyle 1912–13[4] Southern League First Division 14 7 2 1 16 8
1913–14[4] 5 1 0 0 5 1
Total 19 8 2 1 21 9
Nottingham Forest 1913–14[5] Second Division 30 4 2 1 32 5
1914–15[5] 24 2 1 0 25 2
Total 54 6 3 1 57 7
Hartlepools United 1923–24[6] Third Division North 12 4 12 4
Career total 85 18 5 2 90 20

References

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  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 23. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ Lamming, Douglas (1985). A Who's Who of Grimsby Town AFC : 1890–1985. Beverley: Hutton. p. 18. ISBN 0-907033-34-2.
  3. ^ "Reading FC players served in the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Jack Bell". GoS-DB. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Jack Bell". The City Ground. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Jack Bell". In The Mad Crowd. Retrieved 14 July 2019.