Harold Bell (footballer)

Harold Bell
Bell c. 1959
Personal information
Date of birth (1924-11-22)22 November 1924[1]
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Date of death 17 July 1994(1994-07-17) (aged 69)
Place of death Liverpool, England
Position(s) Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1959 Tranmere Rovers 595 (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Harold Bell (22 November 1924 – 17 July 1994)[2] was an English footballer who holds the record for the most consecutive appearances for a British football team.[3][4]

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.[4] He also played in 26 FA Cup matches, 22 Liverpool Senior Cup and 10 Cheshire Bowl games, making a grand total of 459 appearances.[5] In total he made 633 appearances, finally leaving the club for Holyhead Town in 1959.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Harold Bell". Neil Brown. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Harold Bell". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Record breaker". BBC News. 6 December 2005. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  4. ^ a b "George Audsley - Mitch Benn". Liverpool Echo. 28 August 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  5. ^ Shoot Annual 1979. IPC Magazines Ltd. 1978. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-85037-477-3.
  6. ^ Upton, Gilbert; Wilson, Steve (November 1997). "Players' Data". Tranmere Rovers 1921–1997: A Complete Record. pp. 101–108. ISBN 978-0-9518648-2-1.