Editing Donald Simpson Bell (section)

==Football==
Bell was born on 3 December 1890 to Smith and Annie Bell, who resided in Queen's Road, [[Harrogate]]. He attended St Peter's Church of England Primary School and [[Harrogate Grammar School]] before going to [[Westminster College, Oxford|Westminster College, London]], to train as a teacher.<ref name=ODNB>{{cite ODNB |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/74219 |title=Bell, Donald Simpson |last=Snelson |first=Helen |year=2008|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/74219 |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> A noted sportsman at college, he played as an amateur with [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] and later for [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Joannou|first=Paul|title=To The Glory of God: Newcastle United and the Great War|publisher=Novo Publishing Ltd|year=2018|isbn=978-0-95-681562-0}}</ref> He returned to Harrogate and became a schoolteacher at Starbeck Council School (now Starbeck Primary School) and a member of the [[National Union of Teachers]].<ref>''National Union of Teachers War Record, 1914–1919''</ref> To supplement his salary, in 1912 he signed professional forms with [[Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.|Bradford (Park Avenue)]]. He played 6 games for the club as a [[defender (association football)|defender]] or [[midfielder]] between 1912 and 1914.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Story of Donald Bell VC |url=https://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/donald-bell-first-world-war/ |website=Football And The First World War |accessdate=21 July 2020}}</ref>