| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charles Oliver Bell[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1894-05-18)18 May 1894 | ||
| Place of birth | Dumfries, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 5 June 1939(1939-06-05) (aged 45)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Bournemouth, England | ||
| Position | Centre forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dumfries Wanderers | |||
| Douglas Wanderers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 19XX–1913 | Carlisle City | ||
| 1913–1914 | Woolwich Arsenal | 1 | (2) |
| 1914–1915 | Chesterfield | 11 | (7) |
| Barrow | |||
| 1921–1922 | Queens Park Rangers | 0 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1919–1922 | Sporting CP | ||
| 1923–1925 | Wigan Borough | ||
| 1927–1928 | Padova | ||
| 1928–1930 | Sporting CP | ||
| 1932–1933 | Marseille | ||
| 1933 | Nice | ||
| 1935 | Mansfield Town | ||
| 1936–1939 | Bournemouth | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Charles Oliver Bell (18 May 1894 – 5 June 1939)[3][4] was afootballer andmanager.
There is some uncertainty over the details of Charlie Bell's birth. Some sources report him as being born inDumfries in Scotland,[5] althoughRSSSF states that he was born inCambridge in England.
Charlie started his footballing career as a junior with Dumfries Wanderers and after a short spell atCastle Douglas side, Douglas Wanderers, he decided to move down south, signing for Carlisle City.[1] Charlie then played for other clubs south of the border, namelyWoolwich Arsenal,Chesterfield,Barrow andQueens Park Rangers in a career impacted byWorld War I.[1][3][5][6]
After coaching jobs atSporting Clube de Portugal,[5]Reading andNotts County, he became a full-time manager atWigan Borough.[3] Charlie left England for Italy, where he coachedPadova from 1927 to 1928.[7] He came back toLisbon withSporting Clube de Portugal in 1928. In 1932, Charlie was the firstMarseille manager in the newly foundedFrench professional football championship. In France, he had also a stint atNice.[2]
Charlie came back to England in 1935, withMansfield Town and then managedBournemouth for three years.[8]
Sporting CP
Marseille
He died soon after, aged 45 inBournemouth.[9]