John Alderton married his co-star, Jill Browne, but they later divorced. After an uncredited role in "Cleopatra" (1963), and appearing in British films such as "The System" (1964), "Assignment K" (1968), "Duffy" (1968) and "Hannibal Brooks" (1969), he played the lead in the comedy series "Please Sir!", as hapless teacher Mr Hedges, which later resulted in him also playing the character in the 1971 feature film of the same name. In 1972 he appeared with Hannah Gordon in the BBC comedy series "My Wife Next Door" which ran for 13 episodes, and for which he won a Jacob's Award in 1975. He
Lee Hedges and Bradshaw. After the 1965 season, Hedges resigned from the Woodlawn job and accepted a position as offensive backfield coach at Louisiana Tech University under legendary head coach Joe Aillet. At the time, a dozen former Woodlawn players had gone on to play at Tech, where Hedges also taught physical education for the academic year 1966–67. In the 1966 season, Tech's quarterbacks were sophomore Phil Robertson—the future "Duck Commander" of the reality television series, "Duck Dynasty"—and Bradshaw, a freshman. The team had the worst season (1-9 record) in Aillet's 26 years as Tech coach, and he retired from football, but