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Dean Bell


Personal information
Full name	Dean Cameron Bell
Nickname	'Deano', 'Mean Dean'
Born	29 April 1962 (1962-04-29) (age 47)
Playing information
Height	178cm
Weight	90kg
Position	Wing, Centre, Loose forward
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
19??–??	Manukau
1982–83	Carlisle
1983–84	Leeds	22	5	0	0	20
1984–86	Easts (Sydney)	42	8	0	0	36
1986–94	Wigan	253	96	0	0	384
1995	Auckland Warriors	19	3	0	0	12
1996	Leeds Rhinos	1	0	0	0	0
	Total	337	112	0	0	452
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1983–89	New Zealand	26	15	0	0	60
Coaching information
Club
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
1996–97	Leeds Rhinos	44	19	1	24	43
Source: Yesterday's Hero

Dean Bell is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer and coach. A New Zealand international representative centre, he played his club football in England, Australia and New Zealand, but most notably with Wigan, with whom he won seven consecutive Challenge Cup finals, a Lance Todd Trophy and a Man of Steel Award. He later coached English club Leeds for two seasons.

1 Playing career
2 Coaching career
3 Awards and Achievements
4 Coaching and Management Career
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Playing career

Bell began his career in 1979 playing for the Manukau Magpies in the Auckland Rugby League competition.

He later played for Carlisle, Leeds, Wigan and the Auckland Warriors. He returned to Leeds in 1996 as coach but ended up playing in one match as player-coach.

During his career he captained Wigan, the Auckland Warriors and the New Zealand national team.

[edit] Coaching career

Since his retirement in 1996 he has been involved with coaching the Leeds Rhinos First and Academy Teams (1996-1999), the Wigan Warriors youth development programme (2000-2006) and since August 2007 has been the New Zealand Warriors Development Manager. He is also the manager for the Warriors Under-20's side in the Toyota Cup. For 2010 Bell was promoted by the Warriors to be their new Recruitment and Development Manager.^[1]

During the 2000 World Cup he was the assistant Coach of the Aotearoa Māori side, working under his dad Cameron Bell.^[2]

[edit] Awards and Achievements

Seven-time Challenge Cup winner (three as captain)
Six-time RFL Championship winner
Five-time John Player Trophy winner
Two-time RFL Premiership winner
Four-time Lancashire Cup winner
World Sevens Winner
NZRL Player of the Year - 1987
Man of Steel award winner - 1992
Lance Todd Trophy winner - 1993
NZ Maori Sports Personality of the Year - 1994
Member - NZRL 'Immortals'
Member - NZRL 'Legends'
Member - Wigan Warriors R.L.F.C 'Hall of Fame'
'This is Your Life' recipient
Inducted as one of the NZRL's Legends of League^[3] - 2000

[edit] Coaching and Management Career

Head Coach: Leeds Rhinos (1996-97)

Head Coach: Leeds Rhinos Academy (1998-99)

Rugby Executive: Wigan Warriors (2000-2007)

Club Development Manager: New Zealand Warriors (Current Position)

[edit] References

^ Bell wins leading role at Warriors New Zealand Herald, 25 September 2009
^ Coffey and Wood The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League ISBN 1869710908
^ "New Zealand Rugby League Annual Report 2008" (pdf). NZRL. 2008. http://www.nzrl.co.nz/files/financials/nzrl_2008annualreport_part1.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-21.

[edit] External links

Dean Bell Wigan Playing Career Page on the CherryandWhite.co.uk Wigan RL Fansite.
Dean Bell Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
Friend makes British debut
Profile at leedsrugby

v • d • e New Zealand squad - 1988 Rugby League World Cup Finalists

1 Gary Mercer • 2 Tony Iro • 3 Kevin Iro • 4 Dean Bell (c) • 5 Mark Elia • 6 Gary Freeman • 7 Clayton Friend • 8 Adrian Shelford • 9 Wayne Wallace • 10 Peter Brown • 11 Kurt Sorensen • 12 Mark Graham • 13 Mark Horo • 14 Shane Cooper • 15 Sam Stewart • Coach: Tony Gordon

v • d • e Wigan RLFC squad - 1994 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Gary Connolly • 2 Va'aiga Tuigamala • 3 Dean Bell (c) • 4 Barrie-Jon Mather • 5 Martin Offiah • 6 Frano Botica • 7 Shaun Edwards • 8 Kelvin Skerrett • 9 Martin Dermott • 10 Andy Platt • 11 Denis Betts • 12 Andy Farrell • 13 Phil Clarke • 14 Sam Panapa • 15 Mick Cassidy • Coach: John Dorahy

v • d • e Wigan RLFC squad - 1993 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Steve Hampson • 2 Jason Robinson • 3 Joe Lydon • 4 Andrew Farrar • 5 Martin Offiah • 6 Frano Botica • 7 Shaun Edwards • 8 Kelvin Skerrett • 9 Martin Dermott • 10 Andy Platt • 11 Denis Betts • 12 Phil Clarke • 13 Dean Bell • 14 Sam Panapa • 15 Andy Farrell • Coach: John Monie

v • d • e Wigan RLFC squad - 1992 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Joe Lydon • 2 Frano Botica • 3 Dean Bell • 4 Gene Miles • 5 Martin Offiah • 6 Shaun Edwards • 7 Andy Gregory • 8 Kelvin Skerrett • 9 Martin Dermott • 10 Andy Platt • 11 Denis Betts • 12 Billy McGinty • 13 Phil Clarke • 14 Steve Hampson • 15 Neil Cowie • Coach: John Monie

v • d • e Wigan RLFC squad - 1991 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Steve Hampson • 2 David Myers • 3 Kevin Iro • 4 Dean Bell • 5 Frano Botica • 6 Shaun Edwards • 7 Andy Gregory • 8 Ian Lucas • 9 Martin Dermott • 10 Andy Platt • 11 Denis Betts • 12 Phil Clarke • 13 Ellery Hanley • 14 Bobbie Goulding • 15 Andy Goodway • Coach: John Monie

v • d • e Wigan RLFC squad - 1990 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Steve Hampson • 2 Joe Lydon • 3 Kevin Iro • 4 Dean Bell • 5 Mark Preston • 6 Shaun Edwards • 7 Andy Gregory • 8 Adrian Shelford • 9 Martin Dermott • 10 Andy Platt • 11 Denis Betts • 12 Andy Goodway • 13 Ellery Hanley • 14 Ian Gildart • 15 Bobbie Goulding • Coach: John Monie

v • d • e Wigan RLFC squad - 1989 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Steve Hampson • 2 Tony Iro • 3 Kevin Iro • 4 Dean Bell • 5 Joe Lydon • 6 Shaun Edwards • 7 Andy Gregory • 8 Ian Lucas • 9 Nicky Kiss • 10 Adrian Shelford • 11 Andy Platt • 12 Ian Potter • 13 Ellery Hanley • 14 Denis Betts • 15 Andy Goodway • Coach: Graham Lowe

v • d • e Wigan RLFC squad - 1988 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Joe Lydon • 2 Tony Iro • 3 Kevin Iro • 4 Dean Bell • 5 Henderson Gill • 6 Shaun Edwards • 7 Andy Gregory • 8 Brian Case • 9 Nicky Kiss • 10 Adrian Shelford • 11 Andy Goodway • 12 Ian Potter • 13 Ellery Hanley • 14 Ged Byrne • 15 Shaun Wane • Coach: Graham Lowe

Man of Steel Award

1977 David Ward • 1978 George Nicholls • 1979 Doug Laughton • 1980 George Fairbairn • 1981 Ken Kelly • 1982 Michael "Mick" Morgan • 1983 Allan Agar • 1984 Joe Lydon • 1985 Ellery Hanley • 1986 Gavin Miller • 1987 Ellery Hanley • 1988 Martin Offiah • 1989 Ellery Hanley • 1990 Shaun Edwards • 1991 Garry Schofield • 1992 Dean Bell • 1993 Andy Platt • 1994 Jonathan Davies • 1995 Denis Betts • 1996 Andy Farrell • 1997 James Lowes • 1998 Iestyn Harris • 1999 Adrian Vowles • 2000 Sean Long • 2001 Paul Sculthorpe • 2002 Paul Sculthorpe • 2003 Jamie Peacock • 2004 Andy Farrell • 2005 Jamie Lyon • 2006 Paul Wellens • 2007 James Roby • 2008 James Graham • 2009 Brett Hodgson

Lance Todd Trophy winners

1946 Billy Stott • 1947 Willie Davies • 1948 Frank Whitcombe • 1949 Ernest Ward • 1950 Gerry Helme • 1951 Cecil Mountford • 1952 William "Billy" Ivison • 1953 Peter Ramsden • 1954 Gerry Helme • 1955 John "Jack" Grundy • 1956 Alan Prescott • 1957 Jeff Stevenson • 1958 Rees Thomas • 1959 Brian McTigue • 1960 Tommy Harris • 1961 Dick Huddart • 1962 Neil Fox • 1963 Harold Poynton • 1964 Frank Collier • 1965 Ray Ashby & Brian Gabbitas • 1966 Len Killeen • 1967 Carl Dooler • 1968 Don Fox • 1969 Mal Reilly • 1970 Bill Kirkbride • 1971 Alex Murphy • 1972 Kel Coslett • 1973 Steve Nash • 1974 Derek Whitehead • 1975 Ray Dutton • 1976 Geoff Pimblett • 1977 Steve Pitchford • 1978 George Nicholls • 1979 David Topliss • 1980 Brian Lockwood • 1981 Mick Burke • 1982 Eddie Cunningham • 1983 David Hobbs • 1984 Joe Lydon • 1985 Brett Kenny • 1986 Bob Beardmore • 1987 Graham Eadie • 1988 Andy Gregory • 1989 Ellery Hanley • 1990 Andy Gregory • 1991 Denis Betts • 1992 Martin Offiah • 1993 Dean Bell • 1994 Martin Offiah • 1995 Jason Robinson • 1996 Robbie Paul • 1997 Tommy Martyn • 1998 Mark Aston • 1999 Leroy Rivett • 2000 Henry Paul • 2001 Sean Long • 2002 Kris Radlinski • 2003 Gary Connolly • 2004 Sean Long • 2005 Kevin Sinfield • 2006 Sean Long • 2007 Paul Wellens & Leon Pryce • 2008 Paul Wellens • 2009 Michael Monaghan

v • d • e Inaugural Auckland Warriors side

v Brisbane Broncos, Mount Smart Stadium, 10 March, 1995

1. Phil Blake \| 2. Sean Hoppe \| 3. Dean Bell (c) \| 4. Manoa Thompson \| 5. Whetu Taewa \| 6. Gene Ngamu \| 7. Greg Alexander \| 8. Gavin Hill \| 9. Duane Mann \| 10. Hitro Okesene \| 11. Stephen Kearney \| 12. Tony Tatupu \| 13. Tony Tuimavave \| 14. Se'e Solomona \| 15. Tea Ropati \| 16. Jason Mackie \| 17. Martin Moana \| Coach: John Monie

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