Highland Community College Athletic Hall of Fame
Inducted August 23, 2003
Trumane Bell came to HCC from Simeon Vocational High School (Chicago, IL) in the fall of 1989. The Scotties went 7-2-1 in 1989 and 9-2 in 1990, winning conference titles both years. Trumane was recognized as First Team All Conference both years, as well as being named a J.C. Grid Wire All American in 1990.
Bell was voted the best receiver by his teammates both years while at Highland. In the HCC Football Record Book, he ranks first in career passes caught with eighty-three, and second in total yardage with one thousand five hundred fifty-two yards and thirteen touchdown receptions. Bell continued his athletic/academic career at the University of Nebraska, where he played on two Big Eight Conference Championship Teams and participated in two Orange Bowls with the Cornhuskers.
After graduating from Nebraska, Bell was drafted by the Denver Broncos in 1994 and was a member and starter of the Amsterdam Admirals of the World League that played for the World Bowl Championship in the spring of 1995. In 1995, he signed with the Cleveland Browns of the American Football League as a free agent.
Today Bell resides in Dolton, Illinois where he has his own insurance business and helps coach the football team at Chicago Carver Military Academy.
