Happy 70th birthday to Peter Bedford.
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Peter Bedford
Career: 1977 –78
Debut: Round 7, 1977 vs Melbourne, aged 30 years, 33 days
Carlton Player No. 865
Games: 8
Goals: 4
Last game: Round 5, 1978 v South Melbourne, aged 31 years, 18 days
Guernsey No. 6 (1977), and No. 27 (1978)
Height: 180cm
Weight: 75kg
DOB: 11 April, 1947
Brownlow Medallist (At South Melbourne)
Bedford played 8 games, and kicked 4 goals, for Carlton after debuting in Navy Blue in 1977. Another in a long line of aging champions from weaker clubs seeking to add premiership glory to their long list of individual feats, Bedford was a former Best & Fairest and 1970 Brownlow Medal winner with South Melbourne. In 1978, Bedford headed back to VFA club Port Melbourne.
Bedford shared his Carlton debut in Round 7, 1977 with Jim Canfield. Bedford was originally recruited from VFA club Port Melbourne.
Bedford played 178 games and kicked 101 goals for South Melbourne from 1968 to 1976.
Nicknamed Wheels, Bedford was also a state cricketer.