Charlie Bell (footballer, born 1894)
{{short description|Scottish footballer and manager}}
{{for|the Middlesbrough FC player|Charlie Bell (footballer, born 1958)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2012}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Charlie Bell
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Charles Oliver Bell{{Cite book |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |last=Joyce |first=Michael |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=23}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1894|5|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Dumfries, Scotland
| death_date = {{death date and age|1939|6|5|1894|5|18|df=y}}
| death_place = Bournemouth, England
| height =
| position = Centre forward
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Dumfries Wanderers
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs2 = Douglas Wanderers
| years1 = 19XX–1913
| clubs1 = Carlisle City
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 1913–1914
| clubs2 = Woolwich Arsenal
| caps2 = 1
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 1914–1915
| clubs3 = Chesterfield
| caps3 = 11
| goals3 = 7
| years4 =
| clubs4 = Barrow
| caps4 =
| goals4 =
| years5 = 1921–1922
| clubs5 = Queens Park Rangers
| caps5 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1919–1922
| manageryears2 = 1923–1925
| manageryears3 = 1927–1928
| manageryears4 = 1928–1930
| manageryears5 = 1932–1933
| manageryears6 = 1933
| manageryears7 = 1935
| manageryears8 = 1936–1939
| managerclubs1 = Sporting CP
| managerclubs2 = Wigan Borough
| managerclubs3 = Padova
| managerclubs4 = Sporting CP
| managerclubs5 = Marseille
| managerclubs6 = Nice
| managerclubs7 = Mansfield Town
| managerclubs8 = Bournemouth
}}
Charles Oliver Bell (18 May 1894 – 5 June 1939){{cite web|url=http://www.yeoldetreeandcrown.co.uk/modules/news/article.php?storyid=41|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106230041/http://www.yeoldetreeandcrown.co.uk/modules/news/article.php?storyid=41|title=Ye Olde Tree and Crown – Wigan Athletic Fans Site – Wigan Athletic Football Club Fans Site|archive-date=6 January 2009|access-date=25 March 2016}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.cfchistory.com/2018-Update/Football%20League-1.xlsx |title=Chesterfield FC: Player-based information – 1921–2018 |access-date=10 June 2018 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141442/http://www.cfchistory.com/2018-Update/Football%20League-1.xlsx |url-status=dead }} 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,{{cite news
|url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/sport/Forgotten-Scot-who-helped-to.6718961.jp
|last=Bathgate
|first=Stuart
|work=The Scotsman
|title=Forgotten Scot who helped to shape Sporting Lisbon's history
|access-date=16 February 2011
|date=16 February 2011
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629170731/http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/sport/Forgotten-Scot-who-helped-to.6718961.jp
|archive-date=29 June 2011
|url-status=dead
}} 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. 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.arsenal.com/historic/players/charles-bell|title=Charles Bell|website=www.arsenal.com|language=en|access-date=9 June 2018}}
Coaching and management
After coaching jobs at Sporting Clube de Portugal, Reading and Notts County, he became a full-time manager at Wigan Borough. Charlie left England for Italy, where he coached Padova from 1927 to 1928.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/eng-players-in-it.html|title=English Players in Italy|website=RSSSF|access-date=9 June 2018}} 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.{{Cite web |url=http://om1899.com/personnalites.php?id=48 |title=OM1899 tout sur l'OM |access-date=25 March 2016}}
Charlie came back to England in 1935, with Mansfield Town and then managed Bournemouth for three years.{{Cite web |url=http://www.afcb.co.uk/page/ClubInfo/ |title=AFC Bournemouth Club Information |date=8 October 2008 |website=www.afcb.co.uk |publisher=AFC Bournemouth |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105235447/http://www.afcb.co.uk/page/ClubInfo/ |archive-date=5 January 2009 |url-status=dead |access-date=18 August 2013}}
Honours
Death
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerbase manager|268}} ({{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041020102417/http://www.soccerbase.com/managers2.sd?managerid=268 |date=20 October 2004 }})
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{{Sporting Clube de Portugal managers}}
{{Wigan Borough F.C. managers}}
{{Calcio Padova managers}}
{{Olympique de Marseille managers}}
{{OGC Nice managers}}
{{Mansfield Town F.C. managers}}
{{A.F.C. Bournemouth managers}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bell, Charlie}}
Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Scottish football managers
Category:Chesterfield F.C. players
Category:Barrow A.F.C. players
Category:Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
Category:Calcio Padova managers
Category:Olympique de Marseille managers
Category:Mansfield Town F.C. managers
Category:AFC Bournemouth managers
Category:Wigan Borough F.C. managers
Category:Footballers from Dumfries
Category:Scottish expatriate football managers
Category:Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal