David Bell (field hockey)

David Bell

Personal information

Full name

David Ian Bell

Born

11 March 1955 (age 69)
Melbourne, Victoria

Height

5 ft 61⁄2 in (169 cm)^[1]

Weight

143 lb (65 kg)^[1]

Medal record

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.

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

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

International tournaments

v t e Australia squad – 1976 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
1 Bell 2 Browning 3 Charlesworth 4 Cooke 5 Dancer 6 Golder 7 Haigh (c) 8 Hammond 9 Irvine 10 Poole 11 Proctor 12 Reid 13 Riley 14 Smith 15 Walsh

v t e Australia squad – 1984 Summer Olympics – 4th place
1 Charlesworth (c) 2 Irvine 3 Batch 4 Bell 5 Berce 6 Boyce 7 Davies 8 Haselhurst 9 King 10 Leece 11 Mitton 12 Nobbs 13 Patmore 14 Smith 15 Snowden 16 Walsh

v t e Australia squad – 2001 Champions Trophy – 3rd place
2 Dobson 3 K. Smith 4 Annan 5 N. Smith 10 Netzler 11 Halliday 17 Imison 18 K. Towers 20 Souter 21 Bonner 23 Banning 24 Skirving 25 Twitt 26 Sargeant 28 J. Towers 29 Cole 31 Powell (c) 32 Hudson Coach: Bell

v t e Australia squad – 2002 Commonwealth Games – Bronze medal
2 Dobson 3 K. Smith 5 N. Smith 6 Langham 10 Netzler 12 Morrison 17 Imison 20 Bakurski 21 Bonner 23 Banning 24 Skirving 25 Twitt 28 Towers 29 Cole 31 Powell (c) 32 Hudson Coach: Bell

v t e Australia squad – 2002 Champions Trophy – 4th place
1 Cronk 2 Dobson 3 K. Smith 5 N. Smith 7 Gallagher 8 Buswell 13 Alcorn 14 Arrold 20 Bakurski 21 Bonner 23 Banning 24 Skirving 25 Twitt 26 Sargeant 28 Towers 29 Cole 31 Powell (c) 32 Hudson Coach: Bell

v t e Australia squad – 2002 FIH World Cup – 4th place
2 Dobson 3 K. Smith 5 N. Smith 7 Gallagher 8 Harris 10 Netzler 13 Alcorn 14 Arrold 17 Imison 20 Bakurski 21 Bonner 24 Skirving 25 Twitt 28 Towers 29 Cole 30 Taylor 31 Powell (c) 32 Hudson Coach: Bell

v t e Australia squad – 2003 Champions Trophy – Champions (6th Title)
2 Dobson 3 K. Smith 5 N. Smith 6 Rivers 7 Gallagher 10 Netzler 11 Halliday 13 Alcorn 16 Morgan 17 Imison 20 Bakurski 22 Allen 24 Skirving 25 Twitt 27 Faulkner 28 Towers 30 Taylor 31 Powell (c) Coach: Bell

v t e Australia squad – 2004 Summer Olympics – 5th place
1 Cronk 2 Dobson 3 K. Smith 7 Gallagher 10 Netzler 11 Halliday 14 Arrold 17 Imison 20 Bakurski 22 Allen 24 Skirving 25 Twitt 27 Faulkner 28 Towers 31 Powell (c) 32 Hudson Coach: Bell

v t e Australia squad – 2004 Champions Trophy – 4th place
1 Cronk 3 K. Smith 5 N. Smith 6 Rivers 7 Gallagher 8 Harris 9 Sanders 11 Halliday 12 Blyth 14 Arrold 16 Morgan 18 Meyer 19 Patrick 21 Brown 26 Ditton 27 Faulkner 29 Attard 32 Hudson (c) Coach: Bell

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