# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/donald-simpson-bell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:46:03.026Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/donald-simpson-bell"
name: "Donald Simpson Bell"
slug: "donald-simpson-bell"
description: "Second Lieutenant Donald Simpson Bell, VC was an English school teacher and professional footballer. During World War I he was awarded the Victoria Cross (VC) for actions during the Battle of the Somme in mid-1916, becoming the only English professional football player to be awarded the VC."
tagline: "English footballer (1890-1916)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VCDonaldSimpsonBell.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1890-12-03"
deathDate: "1916-07-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.2
  momentum:             5.153637770897832
  historical:           4.811952
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "دونالد سيمپسون بيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Simpson_Bell"
    title: "Donald Simpson Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Simpson_Bell"
    title: "Donald Simpson Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%84"
    title: "دونالد سیمپسون بل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Дональд Сімпсон Белл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5295151"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump