David Colin "Dave" Bedford OBE (born 30 December 1949) is an English former long-distance runner, whose athletic career spanned the early 1970s.

He finished sixth to the Flying Finn Juha Väätäinen, who won in a last lap sprint against East Germany's Jürgen Haase.

[2] He finished 4th in the 1974 Commonwealth Games 10,000 m. His later career was hampered by injuries, principally achilles tendonitis, believed to have been caused by his high training mileage.

[1] Having consumed a curry on the way home from the nightclub, Bedford completed the impromptu marathon but was pictured vomiting at the roadside part way through.

In 2003, Bedford was involved in a legal dispute over the alleged portrayal of his image by the directory enquiries company The Number for its 118 118 service.

The company had used a pair of athletes wearing red socks and Bedford's distinctive moustache and hair cut.

[8] Bedford was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to athletics and charitable fundraising.