Bobby Bell (football player)
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Positions: Linebacker , Defensive End |
Jersey number (s): 78 |
| born June 17, 1940 in Shelby , North Carolina | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1963 - 1974 | |
| NFL Draft : 1963 / Round: 2 / Pick: 16th | |
| AFL Draft : 1963 / Round: 7 / Pick: 56 | |
| College : Minnesota | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Interceptions | 26th |
| Touchdowns | 8th |
| Fumble conquered | 9 |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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| Pro Football Hall of Fame | |
| College Football Hall of Fame | |
Bobby Lee Bell, Jr. (* 17th June 1940 in Shelby , North Carolina ) is a former American American football poker players. He played as a linebacker and defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Kansas City Chiefs .
youth
Bobby Lee was born the son of a worker and a housewife. His father worked in a cotton mill . He grew up with two siblings. At the age of six he had a traumatic experience. While he was sleeping in the house, his parents' house caught fire. His mother, who was about to hang up laundry in the garden, noticed this. Although passers-by tried to prevent her from entering the burning wooden house, she was able to run into the building and pull her son by one leg out of the danger area. The house burned down completely. The family was then completely destitute and was supported by neighbors.
Bobby Bell attended high school in his hometown , where he played American football on the school team with his brother. He was set up as a quarterback and was elected to the state selection in this role. He was also active as a baseball and basketball player and drew national attention with his achievements. A year before his graduation, he received an offer from the Chicago White Sox and should last for a farm team of this organization from the Major League Baseball games (MLB). On the intervention of his father, who himself did not have a school certificate, he decided to quit school. Before Bobby Bell left high school, he won the North Carolina State Championship with the school's basketball team.
After graduating from high school, the University of Minnesota offered him a football scholarship, but required the high school to send Bell footage to Minnesota beforehand . Since the school was not able to do this because the necessary financial means for a film camera to record the team's games were not available, he was forced to take part in a test training session in which he was able to convince.
Player career
College career
Bobby Bell studied at the University of Minnesota from 1959 to 1962. He ran from 1960 to 1962 for the local football team , the Minnesota Golden Gophers, initially as a quarterback and from the second year as a defensive tackle . Although he intended to pursue his baseball career in college , he was never used as a baseball player there. In 1960 he won the Big Ten Conference with his football team . In 1961 and 1962 he played with his team in the Rose Bowl . In 1961 he lost with his team at the University of Washington 17: 7, in the following year a 21: 3 victory over the team from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Bell was voted All-American in both years . Because of his athletic achievements, Bobby Bell was awarded the Outland Trophy in his senior year . His college honored him from 1960 to 1962. Shortly before finishing his studies he was able to defeat the Green Bay Packers as a member of the College All-Stars with 20:17 in the College-All-Star-Game.
Professional career
Bell was selected in the 1963 by the Minnesota Vikings in the second round in 16th place in the NFL Draft . The Kansas City Chiefs also showed interest in a signing of Bell and selected him in the seventh round in 57th place in the AFL Draft. Bobby Bell decided to sign a professional contract with the Chiefs and was used by their head coach Hank Stram as a defensive end in his first two years as a professional. After the 1964 season, Bell moved to the position of linebacker. In 1966 Bell was able to win his first championship title with the Chiefs, who had won eleven of 14 games in the regular season . In the AFL final , his team beat the Buffalo Bills team 31: 7, with Bell contributing a sack to his team's victory. The Chiefs were then subject in the AFL-NFL World Championship Game (later renamed Super Bowl I ) to the Green Bay Packers , supervised by Vince Lombardi , with 35:10. Also in this game Bell was involved in a sack against the opposing quarterback Bart Starr , but could not prevent the defeat of his team.
In 1969 Bell was able to move into the AFL final again with his team. The Chiefs had won eleven of 14 games in the regular season and first met the New York Jets in the play-offs . In the fourth quarter of the game Bell managed to stop the opposing running back Matt Snell shortly before reaching the end zone . The Jets were then only able to score a field goal to equalize 6: 6. Ultimately, the Chiefs left the field with a 13: 6 win. The following 17: 7 victory over the Oakland Raiders in the AFL championship game resulted in Bobby Bell qualifying for Super Bowl IV , where they met the Minnesota Vikings, who could then be beaten 23: 7.
Bobby Bell ended his career after the 1974 season. During his season with the Chiefs he succeeded forty times in bringing down the opposing quarterback behind the line of scrimmage , and he also scored 26 interceptions .
After the career
After his career in Kansas City, Bobby Bell ran the restaurant chain Bobby Bell Bar-B-Que . After the company was sold, he retired, but he continues to represent the Kansas City Chiefs and enjoys golfing in his spare time.
Honors
Bobby Bell played in the Pro Bowl / AFL All-Star game nine times and was voted All-Pro nine times . He is a member of the NFL 1970s All-Decade Team , the AFL All-Time Team , the Pro Football Hall of Fame , the College Football Hall of Fame , the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame , and the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame and in the Chiefs Hall of Fame . The Kansas City Chiefs have banned his number. In 1999, The Sporting News magazine named him 66th of the Top 100 Football Players of All Time.
Web links
- ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: newspaper article about Bobby Bell )
- Bobby Bell with the Kansas City Chiefs
- Bobby Bell in the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame
- Bobby Bell in college
source
- Stephen Below and Todd Kalis: Pigskin dreams: the people, places and events that forged the character of the NFL's greatest players . Ed .: Gazelle. Byrd & Bull, Clanton, Ala. 2010, ISBN 978-0-615-31128-9 .
Individual evidence
- ^ National Football Foundation: National Football Foundation> Programs> College Football Hall of Fame> SearchDetail. Retrieved March 7, 2018 (American English).
- ↑ 1966 Kansas City Chiefs Statistics & Players. In: Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed March 7, 2018 (English).
- ^ Championship - Kansas City Chiefs at Buffalo Bills - January 1st, 1967. In: Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed March 7, 2018 (English).
- Jump up ↑ Super Bowl I - Kansas City Chiefs vs. Green Bay Packers - January 15th, 1967. In: Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed March 7, 2018 (English).
- ↑ 1969 Kansas City Chiefs Statistics & Players. In: Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed March 7, 2018 (English).
- ^ Divisional Round - Kansas City Chiefs at New York Jets - December 20th, 1969. In: Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed March 7, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Super Bowl IV - Minnesota Vikings vs. Kansas City Chiefs - January 11th, 1970. In: Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed March 7, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Super Bowl IV - Minnesota Vikings vs. Kansas City Chiefs - January 11th, 1970. In: Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed March 7, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Bobby Bell as a golfer. In: kcdream.org. Archived from the original on November 22, 2011 ; accessed on July 3, 2018 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bell, Bobby |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bell, Bobby Lee |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shelby , North Carolina |