Bedford Jezzard

Infobox Football biography
playername = Bedford Jezzard


fullname = Bedford Alfred George Jezzard
dateofbirth = 19 October 1927
cityofbirth = Clerkenwell
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath = death date and age|2005|5|21|1927|10|19
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position = Forward
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years = 1948–1957
clubs = Fulham
caps(goals) = 306 (154)
nationalyears = 1954–1955
nationalteam = England
nationalcaps(goals) = 002 00(0)
manageryears = 1958–1964
managerclubs = Fulham

Bedford Alfred George Jezzard, (born Clerkenwell, London October 19 1927 – May 21 2005), was a football player, spending all of his career as a striker at Fulham, during the 1940s and 1950s. He holds the club's post-war record for league goals scored in a season - 38 in 1953–54. He also won two England caps in 1954 and 1955. His Fulham career lasted only from 1948 to 1957, due to an irreversible injury. During his time at Fulham, he was picked for the London XI in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

A one-club man, "Beddy" Jezzard later managed Fulham from 1958 until 1964, taking them back into the First Division. He became discontented with the changes in football culture in the mid-1960s - essentially the abolition of the maximum wage (through teamates Jimmy Hill and Johnny Haynes), which led to the concentration of power in the hands of the richer clubs - and retired to run a pub.

He died in May 2005 at the age of 77, and had been ill with Multi-infarct dementia for some time before his death.

References

* [http://www.englandstats.com/playerreport.php?pid=538 England profile]