Alphonzo Edward
Bell sr
Male
United States of America
1875-09-29
Bell, California, United States of America
1947-12-27
Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
He was an American oil multi-millionaire, real estate developer, philanthropist, and champion tennis player. The westside Los Angeles residential community of Bel-Air is named after him.
Bell was a native and lifelong resident of Los Angeles whose family had deep financial and historical ties to the area, and played a key role in the history and development of Southern California. He was the son of James George Bell, who established Bell Station Ranch (now the site of the City of Bell), in the Santa Fe Springs area in 1875, and of Susan Albiah Hollenbeck. His uncle, Ed Hollenbeck, who arrived in California in the 1850s, founded the First National Bank, created Los Angeles\'s public transportation trolley system, and developed eastern portions of Los Angeles County.
After attending San Enselmo Presbyterian College for two years, Bell enrolled at Occidental College, which had been founded by his father in 1887, and graduated at the top of his class as valedictorian in 1895. In 1902 he married Minnewa Shoemaker Bell, a native of Kansas.
Bell\'s son, Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr., later served eight terms as a California Congressman. Bell\'s daughter, Minnewa Bell Gray Burnside Ross, married Elliott Roosevelt, son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1951.
While in college the senior Bell was Inter-Collegiate Tennis Champion, and later Pacific Coast Tennis Champion, who at one time earned national rankings of fifth in singles and eighth in doubles. Known for his \"net-rusher\" style, Bell went on to win two medals in tennis at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis ? a bronze in the men\'s singles event, and a silver in the men\'s doubles tournament, partnering with Robert LeRoy.
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1899 - 1914
8
81
58
1907 - Ojai Championships (Open)
1904 - Niagara International Tournament (Amateur)
1903 - Pacific Coast Championship (Amateur)
1903 - Southern California Championship (Open)
1902 - Santa Monica Ocean Park Country Club (Amateur)
1901 - Ojai Championships (Open)
1901 - Southern California Championship (Open)
1900 - Southern California Championship (Open)
Final
Henry Ward (Ward) Dawson 1 *
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr
6-0
6-2
Final
Bill Johnston 1 *
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr
6-4
8-10
8-6
Round 1
Kenneth Kendall 1 *
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr
w.o.
Round 1
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
C. Hayden
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
William Marius (Marius) Hotchkiss
w.o.
Semifinals
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Melville Long
8-6
6-2
Final
Carlton Russell (Carl) Gardner 1 *
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr
4-6
6-3
6-4
5-7
6-3
Round 1
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
E.V. Weller
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Harry Rogers
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
William Bacon
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Nathaniel Borrodaille (Nat) Browne
1-6
6-2
8-6
Final
Maurice McLoughlin 1 *
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr
6-3
6-4
6-3
Preliminary Round
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Charles Stanley Rogers
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
E. McBoyle
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Claude Arthur Wayne
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Tom Bundy 1 *
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Round 2
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
A.G. Stanton
6-1
6-1
Round 3
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Merle D. Johnson
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
T.S. Lowry
6-1
6-0
Semifinals
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Charles Stanley Rogers
2-6
12-10
8-6
Final
Tom Bundy 1 *
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr
6-1
6-2
5-7
6-1
Round 1
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Arthur Cawston
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Ashley H. Keeney
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
George E. Janes 1 *
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Tom Bundy
6-4
3-6
8-6
Final
Maurice McLoughlin 1 *
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr
6-0
4-6
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Arthur J. Gowan
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
J.F. Cassell
6-0
6-1
Round 3
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Henry Ward (Ward) Dawson
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Nathaniel Borrodaille (Nat) Browne
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Melville Long 1 *
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Harold Parmelee
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
J.O. Hammer
w.o.
Semifinals
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Nathaniel Borrodaille (Nat) Browne
4-6
6-1
6-0
Final
Tom Bundy 1 *
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr
7-5
3-6
6-3
Final
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Simpson McCullough Sinsabaugh
?
Round 1
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Maurice McLoughlin
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
David Kirker Shanks
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Melville Long 1 *
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr
5-7
6-2
6-2
Challenge Round
Irving Christian Wright 1 *
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr
w.o.
Round 1
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Frederick Campbell Colston
6-2
5-7
6-4
8-6
Round 2
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
George Henry Nettleton
6-3
6-2
6-3
Round 3
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
William P. Burden
6-3
6-1
6-4
Round 4
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
John Bertram Read
7-5
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr
6-3
7-5
6-3
Round 2
Thomas Hammond Hall 1 *
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr
w.o.
Round 1
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Orion Vinton Vernon
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Dwight Filley Davis sr
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Sempronius E. (Semp) Russ
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Beals Wright 1 *
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr
6-3
6-4
Challenge Round
John Drummond McGavin 1 *
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr
6-2
6-3
3-6
15-13
Challenge Round
Eugene G. (Fritz) Overton 1 *
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr
w.o.
Round 1
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
bye
Round 2
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
William Alves Morgan Boys
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Ernest Spencer Glassco
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Edward Bury (Teddy) Dewhurst
5-7
9-7
6-3
Final
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Robert Leroy jr
7-5
6-4
4-6
4-6
6-2
Challenge Round
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Edwin Philip Fischer
w.o.
Round 1
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Frederick Rollin Felthans
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Sempronius E. (Semp) Russ
2-6
6-0
6-4
Quarterfinals
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Robert Leroy jr
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Dwight Filley Davis sr
3-6
7-5
7-5
Final
Edgar Welch Leonard 1 *
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr
6-4
4-6
6-2
Semifinals
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Grant McNutt Smith
2-6
6-4
6-2
3-6
6-2
Final
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
C. Percy Murdock
8-6
7-5
4-6
6-2
Challenge Round
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Lewis Ransom Freeman
6-3
7-5
11-9
Final
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Eugene G. (Fritz) Overton
6-2
6-3
10-8
Challenge Round
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Lewis Ransom Freeman
w.o.
Round 1
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
James R. Britton
6-4
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Lewis Ransom Freeman 1 *
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr
6-3
6-2
6-3
Challenge Round
Lewis Ransom Freeman 1 *
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr
6-3
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Claude Arthur Wayne
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Simpson McCullough Sinsabaugh
6-0
6-4
Final
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Eugene G. (Fritz) Overton
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
C. Percy Murdock
6-3
6-4
6-3
Final
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Robert Nichols Whitney
6-1
6-8
6-1
6-3
Challenge Round
George Francis Whitney 1 *
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr
4-6
6-1
6-2
7-5
Challenge Round
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Reuben Gay Hunt
6-2
6-1
6-0
Final
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr 1 *
Sumner Charles Hardy
?
Final
Sumner Charles Hardy 1 *
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr
6-0
6-2
7-5