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About Jack Bell:
“A forward of exceptional excellence, he, for a time, worked on the left wing, but he has gained his fame as a right wing player, where he enjoys the assistance of another Dumbarton man, Jack Taylor, and these two understand each other’s methods so well that hey certainly form one of the most formidable combinations for attack possessed by any club in the country. Very neat in his work Bell, is an uncommonly good shot, and plays with a marked intelligence.”
(Lloyd’s Weekly News: October 11, 1897)

Born: October 6, 1869: Dumbarton (Dunbartonshire), Scotland.
Passed away: April 12, 1956: Wallasey (Cheshire), England.

Position: Inside right.

Height: 180 cm. (5ft. 11in.);
Weight: 80 kilos (12st. 7lb.).

Career:
Dumbarton Union: 1887.
Dumbarton: 1888.
* 1888-89: 6-0 (FA Cup);
* 1889-90: 2-0 (FA Cup);
* 1890-91: 19-20 (Scottish League); 7-5 (FA Cup);
* 1891-92: 19-23 (Scottish League); 5-2 (FA Cup);
* 1892-93: 11-8 (Scottish League); 2-2 (FA cup).
Everton: Signed: March 29, 1893.
* 1892-93: 3-0 (Football League 1); 0-0 (FA Cup);
* 1893-94: 24-9 (Football League 1); 1-0 (FA Cup);
* 1894-95: 27-15 (Football League 1); 3-3 (FA Cup);
* 1895-96: 27-9 (Football League 1); 3-1 (FA Cup);
* 1896-97: 27-15 (Football League 1); 5-2 (FA Cup);
* 1897-98: 22-4 (Football League 1); 5-0 (FA Cup);
Tottenham Hotspur: 1898.
Celtic: Signed: August 18, 1898.
* 1898-99: 17-10 (Scottish League 1); 6-2 (FA Cup);
* 1899-00: 18-7 (Scottish League 1); 6-5 (FA Cup).
New Brighton Tower: 1900.
* 1900-01: 22-9 (Football League 2); 2-0 (FA Cup);
Everton: 1901.
* 1901-02: 24-5 (Football League 1); 2-0 (FA Cup);
* 1902-03: 23-5 (Football League 1); 3-2 (FA Cup);
Preston North End: Signed: June 4, 1903.
* 1903-04: 32-10 (Football League 2); 3-1 (FA Cup);
* 1904-05: 14-3 (Football League 1); 5-1 (FA Cup);
* 1905-06: 30-10 (Football League 1); 1-0 (FA Cup);
* 1906-07: 26-1 (Football League 1); 1-0 (FA Cup);
* 1907-08: 7-1 (Football League 1); 0-0 (FA Cup).
** Retired September, 1908.
Manager: Preston North End: Appointed: July, 1909.
** Resigned: July, 1915.
** Settled down in Scotland Road, Liverpool and worked as a cycle dealer.

Merits:
Scotland A 11-8 (v Ireland: March 29, 1890; v Canada: October 3, 1891 ‘3g’; v England: April 2, 1892 ‘1g’; v England: April 4, 1896 ‘1g’; v England: April 3, 1897; v England: April 2, 1898; v Wales: March 18, 1899; v Ireland: March 25, 1899 ‘1g’; v England: April 8, 1899; v Wales: February 3, 1900 ‘1g’; v England: April 7, 1900 ‘1g’).
Scotland A trial 4-0 (March 5, 1892; March 25, 1896; March 22, 1897; March 28, 1899).
Dumbartonshire Select XI 3-2 (v Edinburgh: January 28, 1888 ‘2g’; v Edinburgh: January 26, 1889; v Birmingham: February 23, 1889).
Glasgow Select XI 1-0 (v Sheffield: December 10, 1898).
Scottish League XI 2-0 (v English League: April 11, 1892; v English League: April 1, 1899).
Scottish League Winner: 1890-91 (Dumbarton), 1891-92 (Dumbarton).
Scottish FA Cup Winner: 1898-99 (Celtic), 1899-00 (Celtic).
Dumbartonshire Cup Winner: 1888-89 (Dumbarton); 1889-90 (Dumbarton); 1890-91 (Dumbarton); 1891-92 (Dumbarton); 1892-93 (Dumbarton).
Lancashire Senior Cup Winner: 1896-97 (Everton).

Image(s):
Lloyd’s Weekly News: October 11, 1896.

Sporting Life: April 10, 1897.

Lancashire Evening Post: September 9, 1908.

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