Editing Bert Bell (section)

===Early career (1920–1932)===
Bell assembled the Stanley Professionals in [[Chicago]] in 1920, but he disbanded it prior to playing any games because of negative publicity received by Chicago due to the [[Black Sox Scandal]].<ref>{{cite news | title = Widespread Baseball Probe Harmful for Pro Grid Sport; Bell Disbands Local Eleven | date = October 5, 1920 | url = http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045211/1920-10-05/ed-1/seq-18/;words=Bert+BERT+BELL+Bell?date1=1920&rows=20&searchType=basic&state=&date2=1922&proxtext=bert+bell&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=2 | work = Evening Public Ledger | page = 18}}; cf. [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045211/1920-10-01/ed-1/seq-18/;words=Bert+Bell?date1=1920&rows=20&searchType=basic&state=&date2=1922&proxtext=bert+bell&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=9 Stanley Football Team Disbands]</ref> He joined [[John Heisman]]'s staff at Penn as an assistant coach in 1920, where he remained for several years.<ref name="LY 22-23">Lyons: 22–23.</ref> At Penn, he was well regarded as a football coach, and after its 1924 season, he drew offers for, but declined, head-coaching assignments at other universities.<ref name="LY 22-23"/> At least as early as 1926, his avocation was socializing<ref>Lyons: 23–29</ref> and frequenting [[Saratoga Race Course]], where he counted as friends [[Tim Mara]], [[Art Rooney]], and [[George Preston Marshall]].<ref>Lyons writes, against all common sense, it was Jack Mara, Tim's son, as the person he befriended. Lyons: 23, 29</ref> In 1928, Bell tendered his resignation at Penn in protest over the emphasis on in-season scrimmages during practices by [[Lud Wray]], a fellow assistant coach.<ref name="LY2527">Lyons: 25–27</ref> Bell's resignation was accommodated prior to the start of the 1929 season.<ref name="LY2527"/>

Bell was then an employee of the [[Ritz-Carlton]] in [[Philadelphia]]. At one point, he tried his hand as a stock broker and lost $50,000 ({{Inflation|US|50000|1929|r=-4|fmt=eq}}) during the [[Wall Street Crash of 1929]].<ref name="LY3032">Lyons: 30–32</ref> His father bailed him out of his deprivation, and he returned to working at the Ritz.<ref name="LY3032"/> From 1930 until 1932, he was a backfield coach for [[Temple Owls football|Temple]] in Philadelphia.<ref>{{cite news | title = Bell Signed by Temple | date = December 4, 1929 | url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10D1FFD3C5F177A93C6A91789D95F4D8285F9&scp=2&sq=bert+bell&st=p | work = [[The New York Times]] | page = 42 }}; cf. Rothe: 34, Lyons: 28, Willis: 310</ref> In 1932, Marshall tried to coax Bell into buying the rights to an [[National Football League|NFL]] franchise, but Bell disparaged the league and ridiculed the idea.<ref>Lyons: 49</ref> When [[Glenn Scobey Warner|Pop Warner]] was hired to coach Temple for the 1933 season, Warner chose to hire his own assistants, and Bell was let go by Temple.<ref>Lyons: 28; cf. MacCambridge 2009: 1081</ref>