Corey Bell (born 24 January 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the

Brisbane Bears The Brisbane Football Club, nicknamed the Bears, was a professional Australian rules football club based in Queensland on the Gold Coast (relocated to Brisbane in 1993). The club participated in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL ...

in the Australian Football League (AFL). One of the smallest footballers to play in the AFL, Bell was a rover for

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when he was recruited to the

in the summer of 1991 before then debuting midway through the 1991 season. Bell had 16 disposals on debut, against Richmond at

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and appeared in a total of 8 games for the Bears over the 1991 - 193 period.AFL Tables: Corey Bell
/ref> In 1991, he was also a member of the

Reserves premiership winning team that season in front of 75,230 people at Waverley Park. Bell continued to be involved in football after his playing career ended joining the AFL as the Regional Development Manager with

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and as a player with Central Districts in South Australia. In 2009, he joined the

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in the role Community Programs Manager

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