Harry M. Bell

Harry M. Bell
Biographical details
Born	1889; Winterset, Iowa, U.S.
Died	February 17, 1949 (aged 60); Long Beach, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Drake (BS)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1913	Fort Madison HS (IA)
1914	Burlington HS (IA)
1915–1918	North HS (IA)
1919	Drake (assistant)
1920–1923	Des Moines
1924–1929	Lombard
1930–1931	Butler
1932–1934	Corpus Christi HS (IL)
1935–1938	Illinois Wesleyan
Basketball
1920–1924	Des Moines
1932–1935	Corpus Christi HS (IL)
1935–1939	Illinois Wesleyan
Track
c. 1934	Corpus Christi HS (IL)
1935–?	Illinois Wesleyan
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1924–1930	Lombard
1930	Butler
?–1935	Corpus Christi HS (IL)
1935–1939	Illinois Wesleyan
Head coaching record
Overall	72–57–7 (college football); 51–31 (college basketball, Illinois Wesleyan only)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Football; 3 IIAC (1924, 1929, 1936)

Harry M. Bell (1889 – February 17, 1949) was an American football, basketball, and track coach. He served in the head football coach at Des Moines University in Des Moines, Iowa from 1920 to 1923, Lombard College in Galesburg, Illinois in 1924 to 1929, Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana from 1930 to 1931, and at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois from 1935 to 1938.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Bell was also the head basketball coach at Illinois Wesleyan from 1935 to 1939, tallying a mark of 51–31.^[5]

In November 1932, Bell became the head football coach at Corpus Christi High School in Galesburg.^[6] He also taught English and served as the athletic director at Corpus Christi High School before he was hired by Illinois Wesleyan in 1935.^[7]

Bell was born in Winterset, Iowa. He died on February 17, 1949, at the age of 60, at a hospital in Long Beach, California.^[8]

Head coaching record

College football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Des Moines Tigers (Independent) (1920–1921)
1920	Des Moines	7–2
1921	Des Moines	5–3
Des Moines Tigers (North Central Conference) (1922–1923)
1922	Des Moines	4–2–1	0–1–1	T–6th
1923	Des Moines	5–4–1	2–1–1	3rd
Des Moines:		21–11–2	2–2–2
Lombard Olive (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1924)
1924	Lombard	5–4	5–0	1st
Lombard Olive (Independent) (1925–1928)
1925	Lombard	3–5
1926	Lombard	5–3
1927	Lombard	4–4
1928	Lombard	3–4–1
Lombard Olive (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1929)
1929	Lombard	6–1–1	3–0	T–1st
Lombard:		26–21–2	8–0
Butler Bulldogs (Indiana Intercollegiate Conference) (1930–1931)
1930	Butler	2–7
1931	Butler	3–5
Butler:		5–12
Illinois Wesleyan Titans (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1935–1937)
1935	Illinois Wesleyan	7–3	4–1	T–5th
1936	Illinois Wesleyan	5–3–1	5–0–1	T–1st
1937	Illinois Wesleyan	5–3–1	3–2–1	T–9th
Illinois Wesleyan Titans (Illinois College Conference) (1938)
1938	Illinois Wesleyan	3–4–1	2–1	T–3rd
Illinois Wesleyan:		20–13–3	14–4–2
Total:		72–57–7
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth