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Born: June 17, 1940

Bobby Bell was an All-State high school quarterback, an All-America tackle at the University of Minnesota and an excellent defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs before he settled on the left outside linebacker position. It was a position that earned him a permanent niche in the history as the first Chiefs player to be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

At the University of Minnesota, he was the most decorated college lineman of the 1962 season, picked on every major All-American team. Bell received the Outland Trophy, awared annually to America’s number one interior lineman by the Football Writers of America and named the UPI’s Lineman of the Year.

Bell was the seventh pick in the American Football League draft and began his AFL career as a defensive end because that was where the Chiefs needed him most. By his third season, he was moved to outside linebacker. Many claimed that Bell had the athletic ability to play any position in professional football. Bell was the AFL’s defensive player of the year in 1969. He won all-AFL/AFC designation eight seasons. Bell played in Super Bowls I and IV, the last six AFL All-Star games and the first four AFC-NFC Pro Bowls.