John Arnold Bidgood (30 May 1902 – 9 September 1975) was an
Australian rules footballer who played with
St Kilda in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...
(VFL).
Family
The son of George Bidgood (1861-1936), and Margaret Bidgood (1865-1940), née Patterson, John Arnold Bidgood was born at
Mornington, Victoria
Mornington is a suburb on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula local government area. Mornington recorded a popu ...
on 30 May 1902.
He married Ethel Gibson (1902-1992) in 1928.
Football
Mornington (PFA)
He played for the Mornington Football Club in the
Peninsula Football Association from, at least, 1920,
until, at least, 1927.
He was part of Mornington's 1922 and 1927 Premiership teams.
St Kilda
Granted a permit to play with St Kilda on 29 April 1925, he played (on the wing) in his single game with the St Kilda First XVIII,
against Hawthorn, at the Junction Oval, on 9 May 1925.
St. Kilda Strikes Form: Phillips Kicks Seven Goals, ''The Argus'', (Monday, 11 May 1925), p.17.
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1902 births
1975 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
St Kilda Football Club players
People from Mornington, Victoria
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