Footballers who also fought at war is always an intriguing topic, one @RichEvansWriter is passionate about. Take a look at the career of Donald Simpson Bell, who holds the dual distinction of being the first professional footballer to enlist for the Great War, and the only one to be awarded the Victoria Cross. US Fleet Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr. famously said; ‘There are no great men, there are only great challenges, which ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet.’ Such an assertion could easily be applied to so many of the servicemen and women of the First and Second World Wars who, plucked from their everyday existences, found themselves doing things they might never otherwise have dreamed of. It might also be considered in the case of Donald Simpson Bell, whose bravery under fire in 1916 earned him the highest possible military commendation. Bell was not simply a soldier who switched his civilian attire for khaki, but was an accomplished sports