Alphonzo Edward Bell was a male tennis player from the United States. He won two medals at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. In the men's singles event he won a bronze medal and a silver medal he won in the men's doubles tournament; partnering Robert Leroy. Tennis balls This article is about the sport, tennis. ... The 1904 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the III Olympiad, were held in St. ... The Gateway Arch, shown here behind the Old Courthouse, is the most recognizable part of the St. ...
He was a lifelong Los Angeles resident and came from a family with deep financial and historical ties to the area.
He was the son of James George Bell, who established Bell Station Ranch (now the site of the city of Bell, California), in the Santa Fe Springs area in 1875.
Bell won two medals in tennis at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St.
AlphonzoBell Jr., an eight-term congressman representing Los Angeles' Westside and scion of a pioneering ranching and oil family, has died.
Bell, a World War II veteran, won re-election in 1964 with the largest margin of any Republican in Congress that year, and in 1966 he won by the largest margin of any congressman of either party.
Once divorced and twice widowed, Rep. Bell is survived by a daughter, Fonza; eight sons, Stephen, Matthew, Robert, Anthony, Richard, Graham, Harry and Billy; and 19 grandchildren.