Alexander F. Bell
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| Alexander F. Bell | |
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| Sport(s) | Football |
| Biographical details | |
| Died | February 3, 1986 |
| Playing career | |
| 1935–1937 | Villanova |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1951–1953 1957–1959 1960–1966 |
Villanova (assistant) Harvard (assistant) Villanova |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 35–30 |
| Statistics College Football Data Warehouse |
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Alexander F. Bell (c. 1915 - February 3, 1986) was the head football coach for the Villanova University Wildcats football team from 1960 to 1966. He compiled a record of 35–30–0 and took the Wildcats to two bowl games—the 1961 Sun Bowl and 1962 Liberty Bowl—where Villanova won the Sun Bowl 17–9 over Wichita State, but lost the Liberty Bowl 0–6 against Oregon State.
Bell also played college football at Villanova from 1935 to 1937 as an end. Three years later he played for one season (1940) for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League as a halfback.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Rank# | |||
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| Villanova Wildcats (Yankee Conference) (1960–1966) | |||||||||
| 1960 | Villanova | 2–8 | |||||||
| 1961 | Villanova | 8–2 | W Sun | ||||||
| 1962 | Villanova | 7–3 | L Liberty | ||||||
| 1963 | Villanova | 5–4 | |||||||
| 1964 | Villanova | 6–2 | |||||||
| 1965 | Villanova | 1–8 | |||||||
| 1966 | Villanova | 6–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 35–30 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. | |||||||||
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