Whitey Bell
William Hoyet Bell was an American basketball player.
Bell played collegiately for the North Carolina State University. Bell averaged 14.2 points per game as a senior for NC State during the 1957–58 season.
He played for the New York Knicks in the NBA for 36 games. Bell then played with the San Francisco Saints of the American Basketball League and briefly in 1962 with the Pittsburgh Rens of the ABL. On November 1, 1961, Bell scored 30 points in a game against the Kansas City Steers.
Bell died in Hickory, North Carolina on September 3, 2025, at the age of 92.