
Offensive tackle, Minnesota, 1960–62
Bobby Bell
- Born
- Jun 17, 1940, in Shelby, North Carolina
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Bobby Bell played offensive tackle at Minnesota (1960–62). He won the 1962 Outland Trophy. He finished third in the 1962 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 1962. The Minnesota Vikings took Bell in round 2, No. 16 overall in the 1963 NFL Draft. The Kansas City Chiefs also took him in round 7, No. 56 overall in the 1963 AFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1991.
At a glance
Honors
- Inducted 1983Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Inducted 1991College Football Hall of Fame
- 1961, 1962First-team All-Big Ten
- 1962Outland Trophy
- 1962UPI Lineman of the Year
- 1962Consensus All‑American
- 1962Third in the Heisman vote
Team titles: National champions, 1960; Big Ten champions, 1960
All-America: consensus 1962; AFCA first team 1961; FWAA first team 1961; Sporting News 1961; NEA second team 1961; UPI second team 1961; AP third team 1961; Central Press first team 1961
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
The teams in those years
Linemen have no individual stat lines in our source.
In the NFL
Pro Bowls: 3 (1970–72) · AFL All-Star Games: 6 (1964–69) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (1968, 1970)
All-Pro teams: AP (AFL) first team 1968, 1970; Pro Football Writers first team 1970; Pro Football Writers second team 1971; Sporting News (AFL) first team 1968; Pro Football Weekly (AFL) first team 1968, 1970–71; NEA (AFL) first team 1968, 1970; and 3 more.
Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1963–69 | AFL | Kansas City Chiefs |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.
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