Alexander F. Bell
American football player and coach
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| Intro | American football player and coach | |
| A.K.A. | Alexander Frank Belli | |
| A.K.A. | Alexander Frank Belli | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| is | American football player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Death | 3 February 1986 |
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Biography
Alexander F. Bell (c. 1915 – February 3, 1986, born Alexander Frank Belli) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Villanova University from 1960 to 1966. He compiled a record of 35–30 and took the Wildcats to two bowl games—the 1961 Sun Bowl and 1962 Liberty Bowl. Villanova won the Sun Bowl, 17–9, over Wichita State, but lost the Liberty Bowl, 6–0, against Oregon State.
Biography
Bell was a native of New Kensington, Pennsylvania. He played college football at Villanova from 1935 to 1937 as an end. Three years later he played for one season (1940) for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) as a halfback.
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Villanova Wildcats (NCAA University Division independent) (1960–1966) | |||||||||
| 1960 | Villanova | 2–8 | |||||||
| 1961 | Villanova | 8–2 | W Sun | ||||||
| 1962 | Villanova | 7–3 | L Liberty | ||||||
| 1963 | Villanova | 5–4 | |||||||
| 1964 | Villanova | 6–2 | |||||||
| 1965 | Villanova | 1–8 | |||||||
| 1966 | Villanova | 6–3 | |||||||
| Villanova: | 35–30 | ||||||||
| Total: | 35–30 | ||||||||