Si Bell

Si Bell
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Position End
Class Graduate
Career history
College Georgia Tech (19151917)
Personal information
Date of birth (1894-04-18)April 18, 1894
Place of birth Orchard Hill, Georgia
Date of death March 12, 1972(1972-03-12) (aged 77)
Place of death Gainesville, Georgia
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 179 lb (81 kg)
Career highlights and awards

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.
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