Harold Bell (footballer)

Harold Bell

Bell c. 1959
Personal information
Date of birth	22 November 1924[1]
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Date of death	1994 (aged 69–70)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1946–1959	Tranmere Rovers	595	(11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Harold Bell (1924 – 1994^[2]) was an English footballer who holds the record for the most consecutive appearances for a British football team.^[3]

Bell was picked for Tranmere Rovers in the first game after World War II in the 1946–47 season and did not miss a match until he was dropped on 30 August 1955, a total of 401 consecutive league matches for the team in Football League Third Division North.^[2] He also played in 26 FA Cup matches, 22 Liverpool Senior Cup and 10 Cheshire Bowl games, making a grand total of 459 appearances.^[4] In total he made 633 appearances, finally leaving the club for Holyhead Town in 1959.^[5]

References

1. "Harold Bell". Neil Brown. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
2. "George Audsley - Mitch Benn". Liverpool Echo. 28 August 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
3. "Record breaker". BBC News. 6 December 2005. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
4. Shoot Annual 1979. IPC Magazines Ltd. 1978. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-85037-477-3.
5. Upton, Gilbert; Wilson, Steve (November 1997). "Players' Data". Tranmere Rovers 1921–1997: A Complete Record. pp. 101–108. ISBN 978-0-9518648-2-1.