James Bell (Australian footballer)
James Bell | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | James Bell | ||
Date of birth | 10 February 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Shellharbour, New South Wales | ||
Original team(s) | Shellharbour Swans (AFL South Coast)/Sydney Swans Academy | ||
Draft | Category B Rookie Selection, 2017 rookie draft | ||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Sydney | ||
Number | 32 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2018-2022; | Sydney | 28 (10) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2022 season. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
James Bell (born 10 February 1999) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early life
Bell was born and raised in Shellharbour in the Illawarra region of New South Wales[1] and is of Indigenous Australian heritage (Yuin).[2] He grew up playing soccer and was linked to the Western Sydney Wanderers for a number of years as a teenager.[3] He began playing Australian rules football at the age of 13 and was placed in the Sydney Swans developmental academy shortly after.[4] When Bell was 15, he was given an ultimatum to choose between his two sporting interests and elected to pursue Australian rules football after attending a three-day training camp with his childhood idol - Sydney Swans player and two-time Brownlow Medallist Adam Goodes.[5] Bell subsequently moved to Sydney and joined the club's academy program full-time. The decision paid off when the Swans elected to pre-select Bell as a Category B rookie during the 2017 AFL draft.[6]
AFL career
Bell made his AFL debut for Sydney in 2019 in their round 21 fixture against Port Adelaide.[7]
Statistics
Updated to the end of the 2022 season.[8]
G |
Goals | K |
Kicks | D |
Disposals | T |
Tackles |
B |
Behinds | H |
Handballs | M |
Marks |
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
2017 | Sydney | 32 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2018 | Sydney | 32 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2019 | Sydney | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 7.0 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
2020[a] | Sydney | 32 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 32 | 69 | 13 | 28 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 8.6 | 1.6 | 3.5 |
2021 | Sydney | 32 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 37 | 75 | 24 | 25 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 6.3 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
2022 | Sydney | 32 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 12 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 |
Career | 28 | 10 | 8 | 117 | 86 | 203 | 59 | 67 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 7.3 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
Notes
- ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
References
- ^ "AFL 2019: Sydney Swans team news, James Bell to debut". Daily Telegraph. 6 August 2019.
- ^ "AFL Indigenous Player Map 2018" (PDF). AFL Player's Association. 6 March 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ Mee, Cameron (28 November 2017). "Swans select Shellharbour junior in AFL Rookie Draft". Illawarra Mercury.
- ^ "Bell to do Illawara proud". Sydney Swans. 7 August 2019.
- ^ Rugari, Vince (23 May 2019). "Goodes passes the torch to the AFL's next Indigenous leaders". The Age.
- ^ Mee, Cameron (28 November 2017). "Swans select Shellharbour junior in AFL Rookie Draft". Illawarra Mercury.
- ^ "Bell to debut". Sydney Swans. 6 August 2019.
- ^ "James Bell Stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
External links
- James Bell's profile on the official website of the Sydney Swans
- James Bell's playing statistics from AFL Tables