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Colin Bell

1946 - 2021

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Colin Bell (26 February 1946 – 5 January 2021) was an English professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Bell, known for his thirteen-year spell at Manchester City, is regarded as one of the club's greatest-ever players, and was part of the Bell–Lee–Summerbee trio in the late 1960s and 1970s. Bell made 48 appearances for the England national football team; he was an unused squad member at UEFA Euro 1968 and played in three matches at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. During his playing career, he was nicknamed "The King of the Kippax" (after Maine Road's Kippax Street terraced stand renowned for its singing) and Nijinsky (after the famous racehorse, due to his renowned stamina). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Colin Bell is the 124th most popular soccer player (up from 1,557th in 2019), the 710th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,519th in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Colin Bell ranks 124 out of 21,273. Before him are Tony Adams, Alcides Ghiggia, Mohamed Salah, Kakuichi Mimura, José Nasazzi, and César Luis Menotti. After him are Dragan Džajić, Sandro Mazzola, José Altafini, Andrés Escobar, Lucien Laurent, and Jürgen Klinsmann.

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Among people born in 1946, Colin Bell ranks 79. Before him are Stefania Sandrelli, Barry Gibb, Georges J. F. Köhler, John Woo, Talia Shire, and Michele Placido. After him are Dragan Džajić, Bob Beamon, Paul L. Modrich, Rade Šerbedžija, Berti Vogts, and Marilyn vos Savant. Among people deceased in 2021, Colin Bell ranks 40. Before him are Edmond H. Fischer, Idriss Déby, Nathalie Delon, Karolos Papoulias, DMX, and Nawal El Saadawi. After him are Jorge Sampaio, Antony Hewish, Robert H. Grubbs, Hissène Habré, Robert Mundell, and Toshihide Maskawa.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Colin Bell ranks 710 out of 8,785. Before him are W. T. Stead (1849), Stanley Baldwin (1867), Kenneth Branagh (1960), William John Swainson (1789), John Cockcroft (1897), and Bartholomew Roberts (1682). After him are Margaret Douglas (1515), Tony Iommi (1948), Oswald Mosley (1896), Elizabeth Blackwell (1821), G. E. Moore (1873), and Henry the Young King (1155).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Colin Bell ranks 11. Before him are Billy Wright (1924), Bobby Moore (1941), Stanley Matthews (1915), George Graham (1944), Gordon Banks (1937), and Tony Adams (1966). After him are Andy Cole (1971), Denis Law (1940), Bobby Robson (1933), Graham Taylor (1944), Kenny Dalglish (1951), and Kevin Keegan (1951).

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