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Post by mcguire4 on Feb 25, 2011 18:34:27 GMT -5
news just came out, I have no idea how. CJOB was reporting. he was 38. RIP
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Post by Steener25 on Feb 25, 2011 18:42:12 GMT -5
pardon my ignorance but who is Ricky Bell?
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Post by Steener25 on Feb 25, 2011 18:43:16 GMT -5
was he a former Bomber QB?
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Post by mcguire4 on Feb 25, 2011 18:47:20 GMT -5
Ricky Bell, a six-year CFL veteran who won a Grey Cup with Calgary, has died. He was 36.
There was no immediate word on cause of death, which occurred Feb. 17. His girlfriend Tanisha Means and mother Florence Bell declined comment when reached in South Carolina, and the Calgary Stampeders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers, who both issued releases Friday marking the death, said they did not know.
Bell, a defensive back, joined the CFL in 2001 after three seasons in the NFL with Jacksonville and Chicago.
He also spent one season in NFL Europe and another in the XFL before joining the CFL.
Bell played for Calgary, Ottawa, Winnipeg and Montreal before leaving the league in 2007. His career ended in 2008 with the Arena Football League's Georgia Force.
B.C. Lions coach Wally Buono, who coached Bell in Calgary, seemed shaken when talking about the player's death.
"I'm always disrupted and saddened when I hear that," Buono said Friday in Vancouver. "These are young men that you would never think would be passing away before you are. I'm a lot older than Ricky.
"For his family it's a tragedy. For the CFL you have to give thought of that. He was a competitor. He was a good guy. He was a good football player and helped us win a Grey Cup."
In his first year in the CFL, Bell recorded 45 tackles, one special-teams tackle, two sacks and one interception with the Stampeders en route to winning the title.
tsn.ca
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Post by Bob E on Feb 26, 2011 12:17:07 GMT -5
was he a former Bomber QB? You're thinking of Kerwin Bell.
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Post by ReJ40 on Feb 26, 2011 18:10:27 GMT -5
was he a former Bomber QB? You're thinking of Kerwin Bell. Kerwin Bell is the QB on youtube that spiked the ball in his private area after a touchdown 'bout 10 years ago. This is a totally different guy. Very sad news no matter who he is.
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