Bunny Bell

Bunny Bell

Bell in 1935
Personal information
Full name Robert C. Bell
Date of birth (1911-04-10)10 April 1911
Place of birth Birkenhead, England
Date of death 25 December 1988(1988-12-25) (aged 77)
Place of death Todmorden, England
Playing position Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1930 Carlton
1930–1936 Tranmere Rovers 114 (102)
1936–1939 Everton 14 (9)
Total 128 (111)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Robert C. "Bunny" Bell (10 April 1911 – 25 December 1988) was a footballer who played for Carlton, Tranmere Rovers and Everton.[1][2]

On Boxing Day 1935, he scored nine times in Tranmere's 13–4 defeat of Oldham Athletic, at that time an English record. He might have made it 10, but missed a penalty.[3] He scored 57 goals for Tranmere during the 1933–34 season, and ended his Tranmere career with 104 goals in 114 games. Bell then signed for Everton,[4] but the outbreak of World War II effectively ended his career.[5]

References

  1. Upton, Gilbert; Wilson, Steve (November 1997). "Players' Data". Tranmere Rovers 1921–1997: A Complete Record. pp. 101–108. ISBN 978-0-9518648-2-1.
  2. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  3. "The forgotten story of ... the Football League's record scoring trio". The Guardian. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  4. "Robert Bell". Everton F.C. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  5. "George Audsley – Mitch Benn". Liverpool Echo. 28 August 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
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