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Position
  
End

Class
  
Graduate


Name
  
Si Bell

College
  
Georgia Tech (1916–1917)

Date of birth
  
(1894-04-18)April 18, 1894

Date of death
  
March 12, 1972(1972-03-12) (aged 77)

Place of birth
  
Orchard Hill, Georgia

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

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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 to 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. Bell left to join the American effort in the First World War as a marine just a week after celebrating the national championship.

References

Si Bell Wikipedia