William M. Bell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 10-Jun-1909
Place of Birth: Polk County, Georgia, United States
Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001
Profession: coach
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About William M. Bell
- William McNeil "Big Bill" Bell Sr.
- (June 10, 1909 – May 10, 1991) was an American football player and coach and college athletics administrator.
- He served as the head football coach at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina from 1934 to 1935, Florida A&M University from 1936 to 1942, and North Carolina A&T State University from 1946 to 1956.
- Bell was the first African-American football player in the history of the Ohio State Buckeyes football program.After graduating from Ohio State in 1932, Bell was an assistant coach at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
- for two years.
- In 1934, he was hired as athletic director and head football coach at Claflin.Bell married to the former Henrietta Louise Lee of Charleston, South Carolina.
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