Si Bell

Si Bell

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Position	End
Class	Graduate
Career history
College	Georgia Tech (1915–1917)
Personal information
Date of birth	April 18, 1894
Place of birth	Orchard Hill, Georgia
Date of death	March 12, 1972 (aged 77)
Place of death	Gainesville, Georgia
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	179 lb (81 kg)
Career highlights and awards
SIAA championship (1916, 1917) National championship (1917) All-Southern (1916, 1917)

Robert Strickland "Si" Bell (April 18, 1894 – March 12, 1972)^[1] 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 to 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.^[2] Bell left to join the American effort in the First World War as a marine just a week after celebrating the national championship.^[3]

References

1. "News of the Alumni: '19". Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine 50 (4) (Georgia Tech Alumni Association). 1972. p. 24. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
2. The Technique, Volume 7, Issue 1
3. Heisman, John M. (2012). Heisman: The Man Behind The Trophy. Simon & Schuster. p. 164. ISBN 1451682913.