Charlie Bell (footballer, born 1894)

For the Middlesbrough FC player, see Charlie Bell (footballer, born 1958).

Charlie Bell
Personal information
Full name Charles Oliver Bell[1]
Date of birth (1894-05-18)18 May 1894
Place of birth Dumfries, Scotland
Date of death 5 June 1939(1939-06-05) (aged 45)[2]
Place of death Bournemouth, England
Position(s) Centre forward
Youth career
Dumfries Wanderers
Douglas Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19XX–1913 Carlisle City
1913–1914 Woolwich Arsenal 1 (2)
1914–1915 Chesterfield 11 (7)
Barrow
1921–1922 Queens Park Rangers 0 (0)
Managerial career
1919–1922 Sporting CP
1923–1925 Wigan Borough
1927–1928 Padova
1928–1930 Sporting CP
1932–1933 Marseille
1933 Nice
1935 Mansfield Town
1936–1939 Bournemouth
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Charles Oliver Bell (18 May 1894 – 5 June 1939)[3][4] was a footballer and manager.

Birth

There is some uncertainty over the details of Charlie Bell's birth. Some sources report him as being born in Dumfries in Scotland,[5] although RSSSF states that he was born in Cambridge in England.

Playing career

Charlie started his footballing career as a junior with Dumfries Wanderers and after a short spell at Castle Douglas side, Douglas Wanderers, he decided to move down south, signing for Carlisle City.[1] Charlie then played for other clubs south of the border, namely Woolwich Arsenal, Chesterfield, Barrow and Queens Park Rangers in a career impacted by World War I.[1][3][5][6]

Coaching and management

After coaching jobs at Sporting Clube de Portugal,[5] Reading and Notts County, he became a full-time manager at Wigan Borough.[3] Charlie left England for Italy, where he coached Padova from 1927 to 1928.[7] He came back to Lisbon with Sporting Clube de Portugal in 1928. In 1932, Charlie was the first Marseille manager in the newly founded French professional football championship. In France, he had also a stint at Nice.[2]

Charlie came back to England in 1935, with Mansfield Town and then managed Bournemouth for three years.[8]

Honours

Sporting CP

Marseille

Death

He died soon after, aged 45 in Bournemouth.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 23. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b "OM1899 tout sur l'OM". Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Ye Olde Tree and Crown – Wigan Athletic Fans Site – Wigan Athletic Football Club Fans Site". Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Chesterfield FC: Player-based information – 1921–2018". Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d e Bathgate, Stuart (16 February 2011). "Forgotten Scot who helped to shape Sporting Lisbon's history". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  6. ^ "Charles Bell". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  7. ^ "English Players in Italy". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  8. ^ "AFC Bournemouth Club Information". www.afcb.co.uk. AFC Bournemouth. 8 October 2008. Archived from the original on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  9. ^ Coventry Evening Telegraph - Tuesday 06 June 1939, p. 8