William McNeil "Big Bill" Bell Sr. (June 10, 1909 – May 10, 1991) was an American football player and coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina from 1934 to 1935, Florida A&M University from 1936 to 1942, and North Carolina A&T State University from 1946 to 1956. Bell was the first African-American football player in the history of the Ohio State Buckeyes football program.
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10 June 1909 Polk County, Georgia
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Died |
10 May 1991 (aged 81) Fayetteville, North Carolina
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Zodiac | Gemini |
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