Alan Bradshaw | |
Fullname: | Alan Mitchison Bradshaw |
Birth Date: | 14 September 1941 |
Birth Place: | Carlisle,Cumbria,England |
Death Date: | [1] |
Position: | Midfielder |
Youthclubs1: | Carlisle United |
Years1: | 1962–1965 |
Clubs1: | Blackburn Rovers |
Caps1: | 11 |
Goals1: | 2 |
Years2: | 1965–1973 |
Clubs2: | Crewe Alexandra |
Caps2: | 294 |
Goals2: | 50 |
Years3: | 1973–1974 |
Clubs3: | Macclesfield Town |
Caps3: | 35 |
Goals3: | 4 |
Totalcaps: | 340 |
Totalgoals: | 56 |
Alan Bradshaw (14 September 1941 – 18 October 2020) was an English professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Blackburn Rovers, Crewe Alexandra, and Macclesfield Town.[2]
Born in Carlisle, Bradshaw joined his hometown team and scored in a game against Workington and in September 1962,Bradshaw joined Blackburn Rovers and he scored in his Rovers first team debut in a 4–2 defeat away to Wolverhampton Wanderers, and made 10 further appearances for the club, scoring twice, before leaving for Crewe Alexandra in 1965.[1] He also spent time with Loughborough College in the early 1960s.[3]
Bradshaw was later a youth team coach at Blackburn and managed local clubs Great Harwood, Padiham, Clitheroe and Chorley.[1]