Bill Bell (basketball)

{{Short description|Canadian Olympic basketball player}}

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{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = William James Bell

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| birth_date = 1927

| birth_place = Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

| death_date = 28 November {{death year and age|2016|1928}}

| death_place = Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

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| college = UBC

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| career_position = Center{{cite news |title=Bill Bell in warm display at Victoria |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun-bill-bell-in-warm-disp/132731413/ |access-date=1 October 2023 |work=The Vancouver Sun |date=27 March 1947 |page=6 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}}

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William James "Bill" Bell (1927 – 28 November 2016) was a Canadian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He played college basketball for the University of British Columbia where he also earned his medical degree.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/bill-bell-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418120213/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/bill-bell-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Bill Bell Olympic Results |accessdate=11 June 2018}}