Career
Primary a five eighth, Bell represented Southland at a provincial level He played one match for the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, against New South Wales at Christchurch in 1923. Of Ngāi Tahu descent, Bell played 56 games for New Zealand Māori between 1922 and 1931, and captained Southland.
Bell died in Invercargill in 1963, and was buried in the Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill.