{{Short description|American football player (1941–2017)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{more footnotes|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox gridiron football biography | name = Hal Bedsole | number = 19, 86 | position = Tight end | birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|12|21}} | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|12|22|1941|12|21}} | death_place = Arizona, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 5 | weight_lb = 236 | high_school = Reseda {{nowrap|(Los Angeles, California)}} | college = USC | draftpick = 19 | draftround = 2 | draftyear = 1964 | afldraftpick = 58 | afldraftround = 8 | afldraftyear = 1964 | pastteams = * Minnesota Vikings ({{NFL Year|1964|1966}}) | highlights = * National champion (1962) * Consensus All-American (1962) * 2× First-team All-PCC (1961, 1962) | statlabel1 = Receptions | statvalue1 = 26 | statlabel2 = Receiving yards | statvalue2 = 418 | statlabel3 = Touchdowns | statvalue3 = 8 | pfr = B/BedsHa00 | CollegeHOF = 2324<!-- in 2012--> }}
'''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== 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.<ref>"USC's Hal Bedsole Named To College Football Hall Of Fame," ''Official Site of USC Trojan Athletics,'' [http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/051512aaa.html May 15, 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103061159/http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/051512aaa.html |date=November 3, 2014 }}. [retrieved November 2, 2014]</ref> He transferred to USC from Pierce College.
==Professional career== Bedsole played for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL) between 1964 and 1966. 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=2001 Inductees For USC Athletic Hall of Fame Announced|url=http://usctrojans.com/sports/2017/6/16/genrel-102800aaa-html.aspx|website=usctrojans.com|accessdate=January 6, 2018|language=en|date=October 28, 2000}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{cfbhof|id=2324|name=Hal Bedsole}} * {{Footballstats |nfl= |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |si= |pfr=B/BedsHa00 |rotoworld= |dbf=BEDSOHAL01 }} * {{IMDb name|id=3858865}}
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