TORONTO -- Ricky Bell, an NFL defensive back who went on to play in the CFL and won a Grey Cup with Calgary in 2001, has died. He was 36.
He died Feb. 17 in Columbia, S.C., although no cause was given, Leevy's Funeral Home in Columbia said. Bell's mother, Florence Bell, and girlfriend, Tanisha Means, would not comment on the cause to The Canadian Press.
Bell was a captain at North Carolina State and played three seasons in the NFL with the Bears (1997-99) and Jacksonville (1996). He spent one season in NFL Europe and another in the XFL before joining the CFL in 2001.
