Hal Bedsole
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| Position | Tight end | ||||||||
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| Born | December 21, 1941 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | December 22, 2017 (aged 76) Arizona, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 236 lb (107 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Reseda (Los Angeles, California) | ||||||||
| College | USC | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1964: 2nd round, 19th overall pick | ||||||||
| AFL draft | 1964: 8th round, 58th overall pick | ||||||||
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Harold Jay Bedsole (December 21, 1941 – December 22, 2017) was an American football player. He played as a tight end and end early in his career during the single platoon days.
Early life and college
[edit]Bedsole prepped at Reseda High School, graduated in 1959. He played college football for the University of Southern California (USC). He helped lead the USC Trojans to a national championship in 1962 under coach John McKay. Bedsole was a two-time First-team All AAWU Conference (now known as the Pac-12 Conference) selection and the first Trojan to have 200 receiving yards in a single game. He was inducted into the USC Athletics Hall of Fame in 2001 and into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2012.[1] He transferred to USC from Pierce College.
Professional career
[edit]Bedsole played for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL) between 1964 and 1966.[2] After his football career ended, due to knee injuries he worked in sales and marketing at KNX-FM, a ground breaking soft rock radio station in Los Angeles.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "USC's Hal Bedsole Named To College Football Hall Of Fame," Official Site of USC Trojan Athletics, May 15, 2012 Archived November 3, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. [retrieved November 2, 2014]
- ↑ "Hal Bedsole Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 5, 2026.
- ↑ "2001 Inductees For USC Athletic Hall of Fame Announced". usctrojans.com. October 28, 2000. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
External links
[edit]- Hal Bedsole at the College Football Hall of Fame
- Career statistics from Pro Football Reference ·
- Hal Bedsole at IMDb
- 1941 births
- 2017 deaths
- American football ends
- American football tight ends
- Minnesota Vikings players
- Pierce Brahmas football players
- USC Trojans football players
- All-American college football players
- College Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Players of American football from Los Angeles
- Players of American football from Chicago
- 20th-century American sportsmen