David Bradford (footballer) explained

David Bradford
Birth Date:1953 2, df=y
Birth Place:Manchester, England
Position:Midfielder
Youthyears1:1968–1971
Youthclubs1:Blackburn Rovers
Years1:1971–1974
Years2:1974–1977
Years3:1976
Years4:1978–1980
Years5:1980–1981
Years6:1981
Years7:1981–1982
Years8:1982
Years9:1982–1983
Years10:1983
Years11:1983–1984
Years12:1984
Clubs3:Peterborough United (loan)
Clubs5:Detroit Express (indoor)
Clubs9:Baltimore Blast (indoor)
Clubs11:Tulsa Roughnecks (indoor)
Clubs12:Tulsa Roughnecks
Caps1:64
Caps2:60
Caps3:4
Caps4:90
Caps5:17
Caps6:30
Caps7:6
Caps8:28
Caps9:32
Caps10:25
Caps11:32
Caps12:24
Goals1:3
Goals2:3
Goals3:0
Goals4:14
Goals5:22
Goals6:4
Goals7:1
Goals8:5
Goals9:6
Goals10:1
Goals11:17
Goals12:1

David Bradford (born 22 February 1953) is a retired professional football midfielder from England.

In 1968, Bradford began his career as a fifteen-year-old apprentice with Blackburn Rovers. In 1971, he moved up to the first team. In 1974, they sent him to Sheffield United for £10,000 where he played for Ken Furphy. In 1978, Furphy, now coach of the Detroit Express of the North American Soccer League, brought Bradford to the United States. In 1981, he signed with the Washington Diplomats. He returned to England at the end of the NASL 1981 season and played for Coventry City in 1981–1982 before returning in the 1982 season with the Tulsa Roughnecks. Bradford played for the Baltimore Blast in the Major Indoor Soccer League in 1982–1983. In 1983, he played for the Seattle Sounders. The team folded at the end of the season and Bradford returned to the Roughnecks for the last season of the NASL.

After his retirement, he managed the Brownhill post office for over a decade.[1] He now coaches in the Tulsa Soccer Academy.

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  1. http://archive.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/1999/3/16/778265.html Ewood youngster who might have made history