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English professional footballer (1946–2021)

Person · Open Library

Works
50

Top works

  • Last Lions
  • Sleep Talking
  • Talking Books
  • Beer Talking
  • Sweet Talking

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1939-07-16
r&brock and indiesoul

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
18
Total plays
90

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Colin+Bell">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Colin Bell

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

Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
_Deceased Soccer
Position
Midfielder
Nationality
England

via TheSportsDB

~21 min read

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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