Career
He is a native of England and developed an interest in baseball as a youth. In the 1990s he began work as a baseball historian and focused on the history of baseball during World World War World War II In 2000 he created the Baseball in Wartime website, launched the monthly Baseball in Wartime e-Newsletter in 2007, and in 2009 he launched the Baseball in Wartime blog. He was instrumental in arranging an announcement at every minor league ballpark on Memorial Day 2008 honoring the players who served during World World War II and those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Bedingfield is also the author of numerous articles and two books about the history of baseball during the Second World War.
Bedingfield currently maintains the only online biographical database dedicated to professional baseball players who were killed during World World War II (there are currently 143 names in the database). In 2012, Bedingfield launched the "Baseball"s Greatest Sacrifice" website dedicated to baseball players who lost their lives in military service.
He will also be releasing a set of baseball cards dedicated to baseball players killed while serving in the military. In 2007 Bedingfield was the keynote speaker at the When Baseball Went to War conference at the National World World War II Museum in New Orleans.
Bedingfield currently resides in Glasgow, Scotland where he runs Gary Bedingfield Training, a training company that delivers train the trainer, personal development and employability skills courses.In 2014, he wrote the Training for Trainers Manual published by Chrysalis House.