Career Bickford also carried the United States flag during the opening ceremonies of the 1952 and 1956 Winter Olympics.
Achievements Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Saint Moritz in 1948. At the FIBT World Championships, he won three medals with one silver (Four-man: 1949) and two bronzes (Two-man: 1954, Four-man: 1937).