Cleveland Browns wide receiver David Bell (R) announced his retirement on Tuesday.Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Browns receiver David Bell retired on Tuesday because of a surgical complication that would’ve made it life-threatening for him to play football again, his lawyer Brad Sohn, told Cleveland.com on Tuesday.
The complication occurred during an offseason surgery, the nature of which is undisclosed, by an independent surgeon after he had recovered from surgery in September of 2024 to repair his dislocated hip.
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