John Bell (rugby union)
| Birth name | John Alexander Bell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 13 December 1879 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Airdrie, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 16 March 1962 (aged 82) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | London, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Bell (13 December 1879 – 16 March 1962) was a Scottish international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]Bell played for Clydesdale.[2] He was made captain of the club in September 1900.[3]
He moved to play for London Scottish in 1902.[4]
Provincial career
[edit]He played for Glasgow District against Edinburgh District in the 1900 Inter-City match[5] and in the 1901 Inter-City match.[6]
He played for Cities District against Provinces District on 12 January 1901.[7]
On moving to play for London Scottish, he then played for Anglo-Scots on 27 December 1902.[8]
International career
[edit]He played 6 matches for Scotland from 1901 to 1902.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "John Alexander Bell". ESPN scrum.
- ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003
- ^ "British Newspaper Archive" – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required)
- ^ "British Newspaper Archive" – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required)
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "British Newspaper Archive" – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required)
- ^ "British Newspaper Archive" – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required)
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - John Bell - Test matches". ESPN scrum.