John Arnold Bidgood (30 May 1902 – 9 September 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.67.
Family The son of George Bidgood (1861-1936),Obituary: Mr. G. Bidgood, The Frankston and Sommerville Standard, (Friday, 6 March 1936), p.5. and Margaret Bidgood (1865-1940), née Patterson,Deaths: Bidgood, The Age, (Friday, 8 November 1940), p.1. John Arnold Bidgood was born at Mornington, Victoria 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,Frankston v. Mornington, The Mornington Standard, (Friday, 14 May 1920), p.3.The Umpire's Whistle, The Frankston and Somerville Standard, (Friday, 20 May 1921), p.2.Football Finals, The Frankston and Somerville Standard, (Wednesday, 30 August 1922), p.3. 'Strathmore', "Sporting Life: A Mornington Quartette", The Frankston and Somerville Standard, (Wednesday, 30 August 1922), p.1. Birch, True Boot Artist, The Frankston and Somerville Standard, (Wednesday, 13 September 1922), p.2. until, at least, 1927.'Half-Forward', "Football is Making Notable Progress Throughout Mornington Peninsula", The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 11 June 1927), p.88.Clever Centre Man, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 16 July 1927), p.81.
He was part of Mornington's 1922 and 1927 Premiership teams.Frankston Lose the Medals, The Mornington Standard, (Wednesday, 30 August 1922), p.3.Football, The Frankston and Somerville Standard, (Friday, 23 September 1927), p.2.
St Kilda Granted a permit to play with St Kilda on 29 April 1925,League Football: Permit Committee Meeting, The Age, 30 April 1925), p.11. 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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