Theo Bell

Theo Bell

NFL player


DateOfBirth=December 21, 1953
Birthplace= Bakersfield, California
DateOfDeath=death date and age|2006|6|21|1953|12|21
Deathplace= Tampa, Florida
College=Arizona
Position=Wide receiver
Height_ft=6
Height_in=0
Weight_lbs=185
DraftedYear=1976
DraftedRound=4/ Pick 120
years=1976-1980
1981-1985
teams=Pittsburgh Steelers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Stats=y
DatabaseFootball=BELLTHE01
PFR=BellTh00

Theopolis Bell, Jr. (December 21, 1953 – June 21, 2006) was an American football wide receiver who played nine seasons in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

He was with the Steelers from 1976-80, earning Super Bowl rings in 1979 and 1980. He missed the 1977 season because of an injury.

Bell, who was born and raised in Bakersfield, California, played college football at the University of Arizona and was selected in the fourth round of the 1976 NFL Draft by the Steelers. He is the Steelers' second-leading career punt returner, behind Rod Woodson.

He died in Tampa, Florida at age 52 after a suffering from scleroderma and kidney disease. [http://media3.steelers.com/article/65404/]

Left to survive him were two children. Teleah Bell and Terran Bell.

External links

*pro-football-reference|id=BellTh00


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