Brian Bedford (soccer player)

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Brian Bedford
Personnel
Surname Noel Brian Bedford
birthday December 24, 1933
place of birth Ferndale , Rhondda Cynon Taf ,  Wales
position striker
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1954-1955 Reading FC 3 00(1)
1955-1956 Southampton FC 5 00(2)
1956-1959 Bournemouth AFC 75 0(32)
1959-1965 Queens Park Rangers 258 (161)
1965-1966 Scunthorpe United 37 0(23)
1966-1967 Brentford FC 21 0(10)
1967-1968 Atlanta Chiefs 4 00(4)
1968-1969 Bexley United
1 Only league games are given.

Noel Brian Bedford (born December 24, 1933 in Ferndale , Rhondda Cynon Taf ) is a former Welsh football player in the position of striker .

Life

After Bedford initially only worked for one season each at Reading FC and Southampton FC , he was for the next three years from 1956 to 1959 with AFC Bournemouth under contract. He then moved to the Queens Park Rangers , where he had his longest stay at the age of six. In each of his six seasons with QPR, he scored at least 20 goals and a total of 180 in his 283 appearances for the Rangers, making him the club's top scorer in all six seasons.

After further brief engagements at Scunthorpe United (1965/66), Brentford FC (1966/67), Atlanta Chiefs (1967/68) and Bexley United (1968/69), he ended his active career. He then worked as a tennis instructor and later as an employee of his long-standing Queens Park Rangers club. Bedford now lives in Cardiff and enjoys playing golf .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Interview with Brian Bedford (article from March 21, 2005)

literature

  • Gordon Macey: Queen's Park Rangers - The complete record (breedon books Publishing, Derby 2009), p. 212 ISBN 978-1-85983-714-6

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personal data
SURNAME Bedford, Brian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bedford, Noel Brian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION welsh football player
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Ferndale , Rhondda Cynon Taf , Wales