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Colin Bell
Sign in to saveEnglish professional footballer (1946–2021)
Key facts
- 1968
- England U23
- 1980
- San Jose Earthquakes
- Date of birth
- ( 1946-02-26 ) 26 February 1946
- Place of birth
- Hesleden , England
- Date of death
- 5 January 2021 (2021-01-05) (aged 74)
- Height
- 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
- Position
- Midfielder
- Years
- Team
- 1963 1966
- Bury
- 1966 1979
- Manchester City
- 1968 1975
- England
- 1970 1974
- The Football League XI
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Colin
- Family name
- Bell
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Hesleden
- Place of death
- Manchester
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- 1968 UEFA European Championship
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- England men's national association football team
- Position played
- midfielder
- Country for sport
- England
- Image
- Colin Bell 1969.jpg
- Height
- 1.83
- Residence
- Hesleden
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- date of birth
- 1946-02-26
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- Colin Bell
- date of death
- 2021-01-05
- name in native language
- Colin Bell
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Colin Bell MBE (26 February 1946 – 5 January 2021) was an English professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Bell, known for his thirteen-year spell at Manchester City, is regarded as the club's greatest-ever player, and was part of the Bell–Lee–Summerbee trio in the late 1960s and 1970s. Bell made 48 appearances for the England national football team; he was an unused squad member at UEFA Euro 1968 and played in three matches at the 1970 FIFA World Cup.
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