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=

}}

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}}

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