Si Bell

Si Bell

Bell as a member of the 1917 Georgia Tech football team
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Position	End
Class	Graduate
Personal information
Born:	(1894-04-18)April 18, 1894 Orchard Hill, Georgia, U.S.
Died:	March 12, 1972(1972-03-12) (aged 77) Gainesville, Georgia, U.S.
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	179 lb (81 kg)
Career history
College	Georgia Tech (1915–1917)
Career highlights and awards
National champion (1917) SIAA championship (1916, 1917) All-Southern (1916, 1917)

Robert Strickland "Si" Bell (April 18, 1894 – March 12, 1972)^[1] was a college football player.

Georgia Tech

Bell was prominent end for the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was twice selected All-Southern.

1916

Bell was a starter for the 222–0 rout of Cumberland.

1917

He was also a member of Tech's first national championship team in 1917 which outscored opponents 491 to 17.^[2] Bell left to join the American effort in the First World War as a marine just a week after celebrating the national championship.^[3]

References

1. "News of the Alumni: '19". Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine. Vol. 50, no. 4. Georgia Tech Alumni Association. 1972. p. 24. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
2. The Technique, Volume 7, Issue 1
3. Heisman, John M. (2012). Heisman: The Man Behind The Trophy. Simon & Schuster. p. 164. ISBN 978-1451682915.