David Bell (field hockey)

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David Bell
Personal information
Full nameDavid Ian Bell
Born (1955-03-11) 11 March 1955 (age 66)
Melbourne, Victoria
Height5 ft 6+1⁄2 in (169 cm)[1]
Weight143 lb (65 kg)[1]
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Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal Team competition

David Ian Bell, OAM[2] (born 11 March 1955 in Melbourne) is a retired field hockey player from Australia, who was part of the team that won the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

He attended Aquinas College, Perth.[3]

Bell was first selected for Western Australia in 1974 and was a member of the Australia that won a silver medal at 1976 Montreal Olympics.[4] The Australian hockey team boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics. The Australian team finished fourth at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He captained the Australian team that won the 1986 Hockey World Cup.[4]

He was the head coach of the Australia women's national field hockey team and the Australian Institute of Sport women's program from 2001 to 2004. Major coaching results were:

Recognition[]

  • 1987 – Medal of the Order of Australia in 1987 for his services to hockey[2]
  • 1997 – inducted into WA Hall of Champions[4]
  • 2004 – inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.[5]
  • 2008 – inducted into Hockey Australia Hall of Fame[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "David Bell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "David Ian Bell, OAM". It's an Honour. Archived from the original on 1 December 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  3. ^ Hockey WA – Bulletin Seven Archived 4 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c "David Bell". WAIS website. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  5. ^ "David Bell". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Hockey Australia Hall of Fame Award Recipients" (PDF). Hockey Australia website. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 March 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.

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