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Roy Bell
Personal information
Full name Roy Bell
Born (1984-08-30) 30 August 1984 (age 40)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 65 kg (10 st 3 lb)
Playing information
Position Wing, Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2004–05 South Sydney 9 7 1 0 30

Roy Bell (born 30 August 1984) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played as a winger for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL between 2004 and 2005.

Background

Bell was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Career

Bell made his first grade debut for South Sydney in round 23 2004 against North Queensland at the Willows Sports Complex. Bell scored a try in a 22–36 loss.

Bell's final game in the top grade came during the 2005 NRL season against St. George Illawarra in round 15 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Despite scoring 7 tries in only 9 games, Bell departed South Sydney at the age of only 20. He was released from his South Sydney contract and returned to the North Coast of New South Wales in 2005 after not adjusting to life in Sydney and becoming homesick.

In this time Bell developed a cult following among rugby league fans because of his tiny frame and his skinny (even relative to his body) legs. At 65 kg, Bell was even smaller than Preston Campbell (74 kg), another Aboriginal player famed for his slight frame. His ability to tackle players twice his size was seen as a throwback to the days of Norm Provan and Arthur Summons.

After departing from Souths, Bell continued to play rugby league in the local North Coast competition for Casino and Northern United. He then went on to play for South Grafton and won a group 2 premiership with them in 2015.

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