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Full Name: Bobby Lee Bell, Jr. Birthdate: June 17, 1940. Birthplace: Shelby, North Carolina. High School: Cleveland (Shelby, NC) Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame: January 29, 1983. Enshrined into Pro Football Hall of Fame: July 30, 1983. Presenter: Hank Stram, Bell's Head Coach with Chiefs
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Bobby Lee Bell, Sr. was born to parents Pink and Zannie in Shelby, NC on June 17, 1940. Bobby’s father picked cotton and worked at the local textile mill. His mother did housecleaning and ironing to help make ends meet. They named Bobby after Robert E. Lee, the American civil war general. However, Pink wanted his son to have his own identity, so he...
Bobby Bell attended the University of Minnesota from 1958 to 1962. Bell, a parks and recreation major, suited up for Minnesota Gophers head football coach Murray Warmath. Bell’s father, Pink, the man who told him he could excel in both sports and education, gifted him with a gold watch before he left Shelby, NC. It was Pink’s reminder to Bobby to a...
The Kansas City Chiefsmade Bobby Bell the 56th overall selection of the 1963 AFL Draft. However, the Minnesota Vikings had already selected Bell 16th overall in the 1963 NFL Draft. On paper, it seemed that signing with the Vikings was the better option for bell since he hailed from the University of Minnesota. Unfortunately, the Vikings didn’t purs...
Bobby Bell and his family currently reside in the Kansas City, MO area. He has a daughter, Tracy, a son, Bobby, Jr., and several grandchildren. Bell ventured into the restaurant business shortly after he retired from the NFL in 1974. He eventually launched Bobby Bell’s Bar-B-Que in Kansas City. Bobby’s former manager at his carhop job in high schoo...
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He was named to the All-Time All-AFL Team in 1970. He was inducted into the Chiefs Hall of Fame in 1980, and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983. The Chiefs retired his uniform number 78. In 1999, he was ranked number 66 on The Sporting News ' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players.
Hall of Fame. Bobby Bell. School. Minnesota. Induction. 1991. Position: Tackle. Years: 1960-1962. Place of Birth: Shelby, NC. Date of Birth: Jun 17, 1940. Jersey Number: 78. Height: 6-4. Weight: 217. High School: Shelby, NC (Cleveland HS) His full name is Bobby Lee Bell, and he was a quarterback in high school at Shelby, North Carolina.
Sep 7, 2021 · A brief memoir of remembrance, humanity, and family from Pro Football Hall of Famer Bobby Bell. By Bobby Bell Sep 07, 2021. Photographs By KC Chiefs 65TPT. When I got to Kansas City in 1963, it was difficult for me to buy a house in a nice neighborhood. I looked at something like 250 houses before I got one – they kept turning me down.
Jul 21, 2021 · “It’s a play-action play on Bobby’s side,” Hall of Fame middle linebacker Willie Lanier (No. 80 in our NFL 100) told The Athletic in a recent phone interview. “He plays it eloquently.” At...
1991. Sport (s) Position: Tackle Years: 1960-1962 Place of Birth: Shelby, NC Date of Birth: Jun 17, 1940 Jersey Number: 78 Height: 6-4 Weight: 217 High School: Shelby, NC (Cleveland HS) His full name is Bobby Lee Bell, and he was a quarterback in high school at Shelby, North Carolina.
