P. R. Bidez: Difference between revisions

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|birth_date=January,{{birth date|1892|1|14|mf=y}}

|death_date={{Death date and age|1961|2|5|mf=y|1892|1|014}}

|positionplayer_team1=[[FullbackAuburn (AmericanTigers football)|FullbackAuburn]]

'''Paul Rubens "Bedie" Bidez''' (January 14, 1892 &ndash;– February 5, 1961) was an [[American football]] player and coach for [[Mike Donahue]]'s [[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn Tigers]] of [[Auburn University]] and a director of its [[Auburn University Band|band]] from 1919 to 1951. Bidez was a member of the [[1913 Auburn Tigers football team|1913]] and [[1914 Auburn Tigers football team|1914]] teams. He weighed 175 pounds. One writer claims "Auburn had a lot of great football teams, but there may not have been one greater than the 1913-1914 team."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ethan Brady |title=Auburn's 1913 Undefeated Team |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/aub/genrel/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/1913_team.pdf}}</ref> Bidez was captain of the [[1915 Auburn Tigers football team|1915 team]]. Under Bedez's watch, the band tripled in size and the university established a Department of Music.<ref>{{citeCite book |last=Evan Woodbery |url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=aEEdi-qx3tsC&pg=PT151#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=100 Things Auburn Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die |authordate=EvanSeptember Woodbery2012 | publisher=Triumph Books |isbn=9781623680732}}</ref>

An account of the 1915 Auburn&ndash;Auburn–[[1915 Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia]] game features Bidez: "Of a sudden we saw the ball on Georgia's 12-yard line. Big Bidez humped his back like an enraged bobeat and flew into the Red and Black line like a runaway box car. And again...and again...and then there was a dancing and a cavorting on the side lines, and you could see mouths open to an unbelievable extent, but if any sounds issued therefrom it made no difference, for all the world was one smear of sound and fury."<ref>{{citeCite journal |journallast=O. B. Keeler |title=Frantic Crowd Watches Auburn AlumnusDefeat Georgia 12 to 0 |url=http://www.thewareaglereader.com/2013/09/the-o-b-keeler-story-on-the-1915-auburn-georgia-game-is-the-greatest-thing-youve-ever-read-or-had-read-to-you-about-auburn-football/#.VFklTcnYqqk |authorjournal=O.Auburn B. KeelerAlumnus|titledate=FranticSeptember Crowd18, Watches2013 Auburn Defeat Georgia 12 to 0}}</ref>

"Bedie was a proud bandmaster. His love for Auburn was deep-seated and he worked long hours to elevate the boys and girls at Auburn into crack drill teams. Yet, Bedie refused to permit flairs and color to take away the depth and quality of the music."<ref>{{citeCite news|newspaper=Montgomery Advertiser|authorlast=Max Moseley |date=1961 |title=Sports Column |datework=1961Montgomery Advertiser}}</ref>