David Ian Bell, OAM (born 11 March 1955 in

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) is a retired

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player from

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, who was part of the team that won the silver medal at the

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, Canada. He attended

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. Bell was first selected for

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in 1974 and was a member of the Australia that won a silver medal at 1976 Montreal Olympics. The Australian hockey team boycotted the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

. The Australian team finished fourth at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

. He captained the Australian team that won the 1986

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. He was the head coach of the

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and the

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women's program from 2001 to 2004. Major coaching results were: *2001: 3rd – Champions Trophy *2002: 4th –

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; 4th – Champions Trophy ; 3rd –

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*2003: 1st – Champions Trophy *2004: 5th – Athens Olympics

Recognition

*1987 – Medal of the

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in 1987 for his services to hockey *1997 – inducted into WA Hall of Champions *2004 – inducted into the

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. *2008 – inducted into

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Hall of Fame

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bell, David 1955 births Living people Australian field hockey coaches Australian Institute of Sport coaches Australian male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of Australia Olympic medalists in field hockey Olympic silver medalists for Australia People educated at Aquinas College, Perth Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Field hockey players from Melbourne Field hockey players from Perth, Western Australia Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees Australian Olympic coaches