Mark Bell (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Dickson Bell | ||
| Date of birth | 8 February 1881 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 22 October 1961 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Outside right | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Roseberry Juniors | |||
| St Bernard's | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1900–1902 | Heart of Midlothian | ||
| 1902–1903 | Southampton | 9 | (6) |
| 1903–1904 | Heart of Midlothian | ||
| 1904–1907 | Fulham | 58 | (6) |
| 1907–1910 | Clapton Orient | 88 | (4) |
| 1910–1915 | Leyton | ||
| 1915–1919 | New Brompton | ||
| National team | |||
| 1901 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mark Dickson Bell (8 February 1881 – 22 October 1961) was a Scottish footballer who played for Heart of Midlothian in the early years of the twentieth century, helping them to win the Scottish Cup in 1901, before moving to southern England where he won Southern League championships with Southampton and Fulham. He won one international cap with Scotland in 1901.
Bell was born in Edinburgh and after junior football with Roseberry and St Bernard's, he joined Heart of Midlothian in April 1900. In his first season with Hearts, he was joint top scorer (with Bill Porteous) with eight goals and was a member of the team that won the Scottish Cup, defeating Division One runners-up Celtic 4–3. He earned his solitary cap for Scotland in a 1–1 draw with Wales on 2 March 1901.
At Hearts he was regarded as a nippy forward, equally at home on either wing. In 1901–02 he helped Hearts to third place in the Scottish League table.
In 1902, he moved to the south coast of England, where Southampton were attempting to reclaim the Southern League title and recruited six new players, including fellow Scots, Tom Robertson from Liverpool and Jack Fraser from St Mirren.
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