Dean Bell

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Dean Bell
Personal information
Full nameDean Cameron Bell
Born (1962-04-29) 29 April 1962 (age 61)
New Zealand
Playing information
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
PositionWing, Centre, Loose forward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
19??
Manukau
1982–83 Carlisle 23 11 0 0 33
1983–84 Leeds 22 5 0 0 20
1984–86
Sydney
)
42 8 0 0 36
1986–94 Wigan 244+9 96 0 0 384
1995
Auckland Warriors
19 3 0 0 12
1996 Leeds Rhinos 1 1 0 0 4
Total 360 124 0 0 489
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
19?? Auckland
1982 Cumbria 1 0 0 0 0
1983–90 New Zealand Māori 8
1983–89 New Zealand 26 15 0 0 60
1987 South Island 1 0 0 0 0
1988 Rest of the World 1 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1996–97 Leeds Rhinos 44 19 1 24 43
Source: [1][2][3][4]

Dean Bell, also known by the

Man of Steel Award. He later coached English club Leeds for two seasons. He is a member of the famous Bell rugby league family that includes George, Ian, Cameron, Glenn, Cathy Bell and Clayton Friend
.

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

Championship winner, a One-time World Sevens winner, a Five-time John Player Trophy winner, a Two-time Premiership winner and a Four-time Lancashire County Cup
winner.

Dean Bell played left-

1992 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1992–93 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Sunday 18 October 1992.[12]

Dean Bell played left-

1992–93 Regal Trophy Final during the 1992–93 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 23 January 1993.[16]

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

Wigan Warriors Hall of Fame
.

In 1994 Bell left Wigan, returning home to join coach

Auckland Warriors
club. Bell became the club's first captain and led the team out in their inaugural match.

During his career he captained

Auckland Warriors, and the New Zealand national team
.

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

NZRL's Legends of League[18] in 2000. He is an Auckland Rugby League Immortal.[19]

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

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Doug Laughton
1991-1995
Coach

Leeds Rhinos

1995-1997
Succeeded by
Graham Murray
1997-1999

Other achievements

Bell was also the feature of an episode of the show This Is Your Life.

References

  1. ^ RL Record Keepers'Club
  2. ^ Yesterday's Hero
  3. ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Dean Bell". NZ Warriors. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  6. ^ Superleague, Volume 6, Issue 4, Edition 28 2011.
  7. ^ Friend makes British début Archived 16 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine TotalRL.com, 25 August 2007
  8. .
  9. ^ "1986–1987 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  10. ^ "1987–1988 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  11. ^ "1988–1989 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  12. ^ "1992–1993 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. .
  18. ^ "New Zealand Rugby League Annual Report 2008" (PDF). NZRL. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
  19. ^ Stacey Jones, Auckland Rugby League Immortal Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine est1995.co.nz, 21 September 2003
  20. ^ Deane, Steve (25 September 2009). "NRL: Bell wins leading role at Warriors". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  21. Stuff.co.nz
    . 16 February 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2011.

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