Dick Bedesem
{{Short description|American football player and coach (1931–1999)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Dick Bedesem
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|1|22}}
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1999|10|6|1931|1|22}}
| death_place = Abington, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1950–1952
| player_team1 = Villanova
| coach_years1 = 1955–1956
| coach_team1 = La Salle College HS (PA) (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1957–1970
| coach_team2 = Bishop Egan HS (PA)
| coach_years3 = 1970–1971
| coach_team3 = Archbishop Wood HS (PA)
| coach_years4 = 1973–1974
| coach_team4 = Temple (DB)
| coach_years5 = 1975–1980
| coach_team5 = Villanova
| coach_years6 = 1981
| coach_team6 = Pittsburgh (assistant)
| coach_years7 = 1984–1986
| coach_team7 = Neshaminy HS (PA)
| coach_years8 = 1987–1991
| coach_team8 = Delaware Valley
| coach_years9 = 1992–1994
| coach_team9 = Neshaminy HS (PA)
| overall_record = 47–67–2 (college)
140–84–7 (high school)
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Richard V. Bedesem Sr. (January 22, 1931 – October 6, 1999) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Villanova University from 1975 to 1980 and at Delaware Valley College from 1987 to 1991, compiling a career college football record of 47–67–2. Bedesem was also an assistant football coach at Temple University and the University of Pittsburgh. He died of congestive heart failure on October 6, 1999, at Abington Memorial Hospital in Abington, Pennsylvania.{{cite news |last=Juliano |first=Joe |date=October 7, 1999 |title=Grid Coach Bedesem Dead At 68 |url=http://articles.philly.com/1999-10-07/sports/25506113_1_coaching-philosophy-villanova-football-coach |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705132751/http://articles.philly.com/1999-10-07/sports/25506113_1_coaching-philosophy-villanova-football-coach |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 5, 2015 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |access-date=July 4, 2015 }}
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Villanova Wildcats
| conf = NCAA Division I / I-A independent
| startyear = 1975
| endyear = 1980
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1975
| name = Villanova
| overall = 4–7
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1976
| name = Villanova
| overall = 6–4–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1977
| name = Villanova
| overall = 4–7
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1978
| name = Villanova
| overall = 5–6
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| year = 1979
| name = Villanova
| overall = 5–6
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1980
| name = Villanova
| overall = 6–5
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Villanova
| overall = 30–35–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Delaware Valley Aggies
| conf = Middle Atlantic Conference
| startyear = 1987
| endyear = 1991
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1987
| name = Delaware Valley
| overall = 3–6–1
| conference = 3–5–1
| confstanding = 7th
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| ranking = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1988
| name = Delaware Valley
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 3–5
| confstanding = 6th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1989
| name = Delaware Valley
| overall = 3–7
| conference = 3–5
| confstanding = 6th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1990
| name = Delaware Valley
| overall = 3–7
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = 7th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1991
| name = Delaware Valley
| overall = 3–7
| conference = 3–5
| confstanding = T–5th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Delaware Valley
| overall = 17–32–1
| confrecord = 14–26–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 47–67–2
| bowls = no
| poll = no
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| legend = no
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References
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{{Delaware Valley Aggies football coach navbox}}
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Category:Delaware Valley Aggies football coaches
Category:Pittsburgh Panthers football coaches
Category:Temple Owls football coaches
Category:Villanova Wildcats football coaches
Category:Villanova Wildcats football players
Category:High school football coaches in Pennsylvania
Category:People from Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Category:Players of American football from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
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