Brian Bedford (footballer)

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

Life

After Bedford initially worked for only one season at Reading FC and Southampton FC, he got the next three years from 1956 to 1959 at AFC Bournemouth under contract. He then moved to Queens Park Rangers, where he had his longest stay of six years. 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, with which he was top scorer of the club in all six seasons.

After another short-term exposures to 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 coach and later as an employee of his longtime club Queens Park Rangers. Today Bedford lives in Cardiff and enjoys playing golf.