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De Benneville "Bert" Bell (February 25, 1895 – October 11, 1959) was an American professional football executive and coach. He was the fifth chief executive and second commissioner of the National Football League (NFL) from 1946 until his death in 1959.
It wasn't long after Bert Bell was elected the National Football League's commissioner in January 1946, that he demonstrated he would be a fearless, tireless leader who would guide the league to new heights of popularity.
Mar 24, 2020 · Bert Bell as the NFL Commissioner. The NFL elected Bell as commissioner in 1946. Bell steered the league around two major obstacles that year: the form of a successful new league (the AAFC) and a gambling controversy surrounding the 1946 NFL Championship Game.
Bell, the 64-year-old Commissioner of the National Football League, suffered a fatal heart attack, proving once again that irony and destiny are not always strange bedfellows. Author Frank Fleming
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Philadelphia Eagles co-founder Bert Bell starred on the Penn football team and was later a coach, before embarking on his NFL career.
Bert Bell was a football coach in the National Football League (NFL) from 1936 to 1941, finishing his career as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Over his six years of coaching his teams compiled a cumulative win/loss record of 11-52-3.
Bert Bell, a native of Philadelphia, has been called the most powerful executive figure in the history of professional football. He was responsible for helping ...
