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**Daniel** **Bell**
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Personal information
Birth	13 April 1985 (age 24)
Recruited from	Glenelg (SANFL)
Height and weight	186cm / 89kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 15, 11 July 2004, Melbourne vs. St Kilda, at M.C.G
Team(s)	Melbourne 63 games, 1 goal
	¹ Statistics to end of 2008 season
Career highlights
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Daniel Bell (born 13 April 1985) is an Australian Rules Footballer who currently plays for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. He was originally from the town of Kingston SE, South Australia

He was drafted in the 2002 AFL Draft in the first round at pick number 14 overall from the Glenelg Tigers in the South Australian National Football League. He made his debut in round 15, 2004 against the St Kilda Football Club. In 2005 he played 13 games, and in 2006 played 12 games, but was however hampered by injury.

In 2007 he got a regular starting spot in the Melbourne side, playing 17 games and even scoring 1 goal against the Western Bulldogs in round 7. In round 20, against Collingwood, he was involved in an incident with Collingwood's Ben Johnson. With his head over the ball, Johnson crashed into the head of Bell, and Bell laid motionless on the ground before being stretchered off the field. Bell initially feared that he might have broken his back, and that he couldn’t breathe because of the impact. There were no hard feelings over the incident; however Johnson was suspended for 6 weeks for head high contact.^[1]

He did not play again after the incident in the 2007 season.

He plays as a half back flanker, and wears jumper number 21 for Melbourne.

[edit] References

^ "Daniel Bell feared Ben Johnson hit broke his back". Herald Sun. 2007-08-24. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22299046-11088,00.html. Retrieved 2007-11-05.

[edit] External links

Daniel Bell (Australian rules footballer) profile on the Official AFL Website of the Melbourne Football Club
Daniel Bell (Australian rules footballer)'s statistics from AFL Tables

[0] "Daniel Bell feared Ben Johnson hit broke his back". Herald Sun. 2007-08-24. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22299046-11088,00.html. Retrieved 2007-11-05.

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