Willie Bell
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William John Bell | ||
| Date of birth | 3 September 1937 | ||
| Place of birth | Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1958–1960 | Queen's Park | 54 | (2) |
| 1960–1967 | Leeds United | 204 | (15) |
| 1967–1969 | Leicester City | 49 | (0) |
| 1969–1970 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 44 | (1) |
| Total | 351 | (18) | |
| National team | |||
| 1966 | Scotland | 2 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1975–1977 | Birmingham City | ||
| 1977–1978 | Lincoln City | ||
| 1979–2001 | Liberty University | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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William John "Willie" Bell (born 3 September 1937) is a Scottish former footballer and manager. He played as a left back.
Bell was born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire. He played for Queen's Park in the Scottish Football League and for Leeds United, Leicester City and Brighton & Hove Albion in the English Football League. He played more than 200 league games for Leeds United in the 1960s. At international level, he represented Scotland twice. Bell managed Birmingham City and Lincoln City, and then moved to the United States, where he coached the Liberty University Flames in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Bell is a devout Christian and an ordained minister, who together with wife Mary founded a ministry which visits prisons in England and the United States.
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