Education
He attended Iona College in Brisbane throughout his schooling and graduated with future American Federation of Labor-Congress players Tom Hickey and Josh Thomas in 2008.
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Born and raised in Brisbane, Bell played soccer as a youth before being introduced to Australian rules football at age 12. He joined the NEAFL"s Morningside Australian Football Club in 2010, and was a regular senior player by 2011. In that season, he played twenty games for the club, and made his name as a wing/halfback player.
While playing in the NEAFL, Bell was selected in the Queensland Under-21 team, and also played a handful of games for the Brisbane Lions reserves.
Outside of football, he undertook an apprenticeship as a refrigeration mechanic. Following the 2011 season, and at the age of 20, Bell was recruited to the American Federation of Labor-Congress as a rookie by the Carlton Football Club with its first round selection in the 2012 Rookie Draft (pick Number 14 overall).
He played most of his first season for Carlton"s VFL-affiliate, the Northern Blues, and he made his senior debut for Carlton in Round 17. In October 2015, Bell was traded to the Brisbane Lions.
