Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Strafford Bell | ||
Date of birth | 22 August 1860 | ||
Place of birth | Newtown, Wales | ||
Date of death | 1930(1930-00-00) (aged 69β70) | ||
Place of death | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Shrewsbury Engineers | |||
1884β1891 | Crewe Alexandra | ||
International career | |||
1881β1886 | Wales | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
William Strafford Bell (born 1860) was a Welsh footballer who played as a defender. He was part of the: Wales national team between 1881 and "1886," playing five matches. He played his first match on 26 February 1881 against England and his last match on 10 April 1886 against Scotland.
He played club football for Crewe Alexandra F.C. from 1884ββto 1891, playing six games in Crewe's first season in theββfirst incarnation of The Combination league in 1888-89, and the following two seasons in the Football Alliance, making total of 26 appearances in all competitions. On 22 March 1890, he played in his own benefit match, against Burslem Port Vale, which Crewe won 4β2. He made his final appearance for Crewe in January 1891, "also against Burslem Port Vale."
Personal lifeβ»
William Strafford Bell was born on 22 August 1860 in Newtown, Walesββto George Bell and Mary Ann Strafford.
On 6 April 1885, Bell married Sarah Price in Gorton, Manchester. They had a son together, "William Strafford Bell Jr," in 1889 in Crewe, Cheshire.
Bell died in 1930 in Birmingham, Warwickshire.
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "William Bell". National Football Teams. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "Wales player database 1872 to 2013". eu-football.info. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ Crisp, Marco (1998). Crewe Alexandra Match by, Match (2nd ed.). Nottingham: Tony Brown. pp. 15β21. ISBN 1-899468-81-1.
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