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Alphonzo Bell 1895

Alphonzo Bell 1895
Alphonzo Bell 1895

Alphonzo Bell 1895 – A tennis and business legend who won two medals 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. During his time at Oxy, Bell was an Inter-Collegiate Tennis Champion, a Pacific Coast Tennis Champion and earned national rankings of fifth in singles and eighth in doubles. Bell eventually became an oil multi-millionaire and renown philanthropist. The Westside Los Angeles residential community Bel Air is named after him.