David Bell (field hockey)

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.

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

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

References
  1. 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. "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. "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. "Hall of Fame". Hockey Australia website. Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
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