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Bunny Bell

Bunny Bell
Bell in 1935
Personal information
Date of birth (1911-04-10)10 April 1911
Place of birth Birkenhead, England
Date of death 25 December 1988(1988-12-25) (aged 77)
Place of death Todmorden, England
Height 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m)[1]
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1930 Carlton
1930–1936 Tranmere Rovers 114 (102)
1936–1939 Everton 14 (9)
Total 128 (111)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert C. "Bunny" Bell (10 April 1911 – 25 December 1988) was an English footballer who played for Carlton, Tranmere Rovers and Everton.[2][3]

On Boxing Day 1935, he scored nine times in Tranmere's 13–4 victory over Oldham Athletic, at that time an English record. He might have made it 10, but missed a penalty.[4] He scored 57 goals for Tranmere during the 1933–34 season, and ended his Tranmere career with 104 goals in 114 games. Bell then signed for Everton,[5] but the outbreak of World War II effectively ended his career.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Everton. Not stampeded". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. iv – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Upton, Gilbert; Wilson, Steve (November 1997). "Players' Data". Tranmere Rovers 1921–1997: A Complete Record. pp. 101–108. ISBN 978-0-9518648-2-1.
  3. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  4. ^ "The forgotten story of ... the Football League's record scoring trio". The Guardian. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Robert Bell". Everton. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  6. ^ "George Audsley – Mitch Benn". Liverpool Echo. 28 August 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2016.


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