David_Bell_(field_hockey)

David Bell (field hockey)

David Bell (field hockey)

Australian field hockey player

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.

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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

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    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.
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    "David Ian Bell, OAM". It's an Honour. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
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    Hockey WA – Bulletin Seven Archived 4 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
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    "David Bell". WAIS website. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
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    "David Bell". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
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    "Hockey Australia Hall of Fame Award Recipients" (PDF). Hockey Australia website. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 March 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
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