Bernie Bradley Explained

Bernie Bradley
Birth Date:9 September 1909
Death Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1933–1934
Player Team2:La Salle
Player Positions:Guard
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1935–1937
Coach Team2:La Salle HS (PA)
Coach Years3:?–1939
Coach Team3:La Salle (assistant)
Coach Years4:1940–1941
Coach Team4:Loyola (CA) (line)
Coach Years5:1942
Coach Team5:Loyola (CA)
Coach Years6:1943–1948
Coach Team6:La Salle HS (PA)
Coach Years7:1949
Coach Team7:Villanova (line)
Coach Years8:1950
Coach Team8:Villanova (freshman)
Coach Sport9:Basketball
Coach Years10:1940–1942
Coach Team10:Loyola (CA)
Overall Record:5–4–1 (college football)
27–16 (college basketball)

Bernard A. Bradley (September 9, 1909 – July 24, 1986) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Loyola Marymount University in 1942.

Early life

Bradley attended La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he played on the football team as a guard under Marty Brill from 1933 to 1934.[1] In 1934, he served as team captain on La Salle's undefeated squad.[2] Bradley graduated from La Salle in 1935.[3]

Coaching career

After college, Bradley served as the head coach at La Salle High School in Philadelphia through 1937.[3] In 1939, he served as an assistant coach at his alma mater, and in April of the following year, he was hired by his former college coach at Loyola Marymount.[2] He worked as the line coach and scout for two seasons.[4] In August 1942, Bradley was promoted to replace Brill as the head coach at Loyola.[1] He led Loyola to a 5–4–1 record.[5]

In March 1943, Bradley resigned his post at Loyola to return as head coach at La Salle High School.[6] In 1949, he joined the coaching staff at Villanova as a line coach.[7] In 1950, he worked as the freshman coach and as a scout for the varsity team.[8]

In his later life, he lived in the Holmesburg neighborhood of Northeast Philadelphia. Bradley died at the Nazareth Hospital on July 24, 1986, at the age of 76.[9]

Head coaching record

College basketball

Notes and References

  1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3zMyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5eMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4095,3740586&dq=bernie+bradley&hl=en Bernie Bradley to Step Up Loyola
  2. https://www.nytimes.com/1940/04/06/archives/brill-new-loyola-coach-la-salle-football-mentor-will-leave-today.html BRILL NEW LOYOLA COACH; La Salle Football Mentor Will Leave Today for Coast
  3. http://www.goexplorers.com/genrel/010611aaa.html La Salle begins the coutdown to the February 27th Hall of Athletes celebration
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20121107000840/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/414111901.html?dids=414111901:414111901&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+18,+1941&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Loyola+Drills+for+Lobo+Game&pqatl=google Loyola Drills for Lobo Game
  5. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=4987 Bernie Bradley Coaching Records By Year
  6. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1EpJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dYQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1522,5769235&dq=bernie-bradley&hl=en Tony Delellis Named Loyola Football Coach
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20121107000853/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/420948441.html?dids=420948441:420948441&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Aug+18,+1949&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Villanova+Line+Coach+Joins+Loyola+Staff&pqatl=google Villanova Line Coach Joins Loyola Staff
  8. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=msMhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ep0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6236,3027694&dq=bernie-bradley&hl=en College Football Briefs
  9. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB29B539BC023E7&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM DEATHS HERE