Si Bell
{{Short description|American football player (1894–1972)}}
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{{Infobox college football player
|name= Si Bell
|image=Si Bell, Georgia Tech.jpg
|caption =Bell as a member of the 1917 Georgia Tech football team
|school=Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
|birth_date= {{Birth date|1894|4|18}}
|birth_place=Orchard Hill, Georgia, U.S.
|death_date={{Death date and age|mf=yes|1972|3|12|1894|4|18}}
|death_place=Gainesville, Georgia, U.S.
|height_ft = 6
|height_in = 1
|weight_lbs = 179
|currentposition=End
|class=Graduate
|pastschools=Georgia Tech (1915–1917)
|highlights=
- National champion (1917)
- SIAA championship (1916, 1917)
- All-Southern (1916, 1917)
}}
Robert Strickland "Si" Bell (April 18, 1894 – March 12, 1972){{cite news|title=News of the Alumni: '19|work= Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine|publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association |year = 1972|pages = 24|url = http://issuu.com/gtalumni/docs/1972_50_4/26|volume = 50|number = 4|access-date=2014-09-21}} was a college football player.
Georgia Tech
Bell was prominent end for the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was twice selected All-Southern.
=1916=
Bell was a starter for the 222–0 rout of Cumberland.
=1917=
He was also a member of Tech's first national championship team in 1917 which outscored opponents 491 to 17.The Technique, Volume 7, Issue 1 Bell left to join the American effort in the First World War as a marine just a week after celebrating the national championship.{{Cite book|title = Heisman: The Man Behind The Trophy|last = Heisman|first = John M.|publisher = Simon & Schuster|year = 2012|isbn = 978-1451682915|pages = 164|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=yjYn6FVEqCQC&q=%22Dan+welchel%22+%22georgia+tech%22&pg=PA164}}
References
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Category:People from Spalding County, Georgia
Category:Players of American football from Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:American football ends