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Beddy
Jezzard |
Fulham FC
2 appearances, 0 goals
P 2 W 1 D 0 L 1 F
4:
A
7
50% successful
1954-55
captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Timeline |
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Bedford Albert George Jezzard |
|
Birth |
19 October 1927 in
Clerkenwell, London [registered in
Holborn, December 1927].
To Alfred
George and Julia Margaret (née Hill)
Attended
Croxley Green School. |
|
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According to the 1939 register, Bedford is a
pupil, living with a schoolfriend, Frank Bass and Frank's family at 4
Dickinson Square in Crowxley Green, Rickmansworth. |
|
Marriage |
to Joyce
Eileen Youle
[registered in Fulham, June 1961]. |
|
Death |
21 May 2005 in Alton, Hampshire, aged
77 years 214 days
[registered in Alton, May 2005]. Had been a
sufferer of Multi-infarct dementia, before his death. |
|
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Club Career |
|
Club(s) |
Began his early football career with Croxley Green in
Hertfordshire. Firstly, with the schoolboy team, and then the junior side.
Also appearing with Watford FC amateurs. He joined Fulham FC on
amateur forms in the 1948 close season. Turned professional in October
1948. He spent his entire senior career at Fulham, playing 306
league matches, where he scored 154, only retiring through injury
in August 1957. |
|
Club honours |
Football
League Division Two winners 1948-49; |
|
Individual honours |
Football
League (three appearances) |
|
Distinctions |
None |
|
Height/Weight |
5'
10½", 13st.
4lbs [1957]. |
|
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Managerial Career |
|
Club(s) |
After retiring through injury in August 1957, Jezzard joined the
Fulham FC coaching staff, progressing to becoming the club's team manager
in June 1958, becoming general manager from October to December 1964.
Walked away from football after his chairman sold his rising star, Alan
Mullery, to rivals, Tottenham Hotspur FC. |
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England Career |
|
Player number |
732nd
player to appear for England. |
|
Position(s) |
Centre-forward |
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First match |
No. 287, 23 May 1954,
Hungary 7 England 1, an end-of-season tour match at
Népstadion,
Budapest, aged 26 years
216 days. |
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Last match |
No. 300, 2 November 1955,
England 3 Northern Ireland 0, a British Championship match at The Empire
Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 28 years 14 days. |
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Major tournaments |
World Cup Finals 1954 (reserve);
British Championship 1955-56; |
|
Team honours |
None |
|
Individual honours |
England B
(three appearances, six goals, 1954-55) |
|
Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
|
Worked on the staff of the Old
Merchant Taylor's sports ground before turning professional, and as a
Hammersmith licensee (The Thatched House, 115 Dalling Road) after leaving
Craven Cottage. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.144. |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Appearances |
comp. apps |
unused/
reserve |
minutes |
 |
captain |
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4 |
2 |
1 |
four |
180 |
0 |
none |
|
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
-3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3.5 |
50 |
=0 |
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both his matches were played in a white shirt |
Venue & Competition Record
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Venue & Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
Home
British Championship |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Away
Friendly match |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
-6 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
7.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
Tournament Record
|
World Cup Final Tournaments |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
WCF 1954 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
=0 |
|
WCF
All |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
=0 |
|
British Championship Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
BC 1955-56 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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All Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
BC |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Match History
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Club:
Fulham F.C.
- two full appearances (180 min) |
manager: Walter
Winterbottom - two full appearances
(180 min)x
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match |
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match details |
comp |
res. |
rundown |
shirt |
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