Dean Bell
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Full name | Dean Cameron Bell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | New Zealand | 29 April 1962||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Wing, Centre, Loose forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dean Bell, also known by the
Playing career
Bell began his career in 1979 playing for the Manukau Magpies in the Auckland Rugby League competition. In 2011 he was named Manukau's Player of the Century.[6]
Bell then moved to England in August 1982, playing for
Dean Bell played left-
Dean Bell played left-
During the 1992–93 Rugby Football League season Bell played at centre for defending RFL champions Wigan in the 1992 World Club Challenge against the visiting Brisbane Broncos.
Bell also won the
In 1994 Bell left Wigan, returning home to join coach
During his career he captained
Representative career
While playing in the Auckland Rugby League competition Bell made the Auckland side. In 1982, he played for Cumbria against Australia during the 1982 Kangaroo tour. A year later, he toured England with the New Zealand Māori team before making his début for New Zealand that same year. In his début match he played alongside his uncle Ian Bell, and his cousin Clayton Friend.[17] He went on to play 26 tests for New Zealand, retiring from international football early in 1989.
Bell picked up several honours while playing for
Coaching and management career
Bell returned to Leeds in 1996 as coach but ended up playing in one match as player-coach. He remained the first grade coach in 1997 before accepting a two-year job as the head of the academy team.
During the 2000 World Cup he was the assistant Coach of the Aotearoa Māori side, working under his dad Cameron Bell.[20]
In 2000 he returned to Wigan to head the youth development programme for seven years before being appointed the New Zealand Warriors Development Manager in August 2007.
Bell became the manager for the Warriors Under-20s side in the Toyota Cup, and at the end of the 2009 season Bell was promoted by the Warriors to be their new Recruitment and Development Manager.[21]
In 2008 Bell was made the New Zealand national rugby league team football manager.[22]
In 2012 Bell was made the New Zealand Vodafone Warriors General Manager Of Football
Other achievements
Bell was also the feature of an episode of the show This Is Your Life.
References
- ^ RL Record Keepers'Club
- ^ Yesterday's Hero
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Dean Bell". NZ Warriors. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ Superleague, Volume 6, Issue 4, Edition 28 2011.
- ^ Friend makes British début Archived 16 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine TotalRL.com, 25 August 2007
- ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
- ^ "1986–1987 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "1987–1988 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "1988–1989 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ "1992–1993 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ "10th January 1987: Warrington 4 Wigan 18 (John Player Trophy Final)". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ "7th January 1989: Wigan 12 Widnes 6 (John Player Trophy Final)". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ "13th January 1990: Wigan 24 Halifax 12 (Regal Trophy Final)". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ "23rd January 1993: Bradford 8 Wigan 15 (Regal Trophy Final)". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ISBN 978-1-86969-331-2.
- ^ "New Zealand Rugby League Annual Report 2008" (PDF). NZRL. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
- ^ Stacey Jones, Auckland Rugby League Immortal Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine est1995.co.nz, 21 September 2003
- ISBN 1-86971-090-8
- ^ Deane, Steve (25 September 2009). "NRL: Bell wins leading role at Warriors". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- Stuff.co.nz. 16 February 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
External links
- Dean Bell Wigan Playing Career Page Archived 26 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine on the Wigan RL Fansite.
- (archived by web.archive.org) Profile at leedsrugby.co.uk