A career in pictures – Manchester City great Colin Bell dies aged 74
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Former Manchester City and England midfielder Colin Bell has died at the age of 74.
Among the finest players to ever don a City shirt, the ‘King of the Kippax’ won a Division One title, FA Cup, League Cup and European Cup Winners’ Cup across 14 seasons at Maine Road.
Bell also won 48 caps for England before suffering a knee injury at the age of 29 which would hamper him for the remainder of his career.
Here, the PA news agency looks back at Bell’s career in pictures.
Soccer – Football League Division One – Manchester City v Manchester United – Maine Road
Soccer – Football League Division One – Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur – Maine Road
Soccer – League Division One – Manchester United v Manchester City – Old Trafford
Soccer – Football League Division One – Newcastle United v Manchester City
COLIN BELL OBIT File Photo
Soccer – World Cup Mexico 1970 – England Team – Heathrow Airport
Colin Bell in November 1970
Bell, left, scores his second goal in the FA Cup tie at Chelsea in January 1971
Bell, centre, is closed down by West Germany's Gerd Muller, left, and Paul Breitner, right, in England's defeat at the 1972 European Championship
Soccer – League Cup – Final – Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester City
Manchester City FC for 1978/79
Bell was awarded an MBE for services to the community in 2004
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