James Bradshaw | |
Player Years1: | 1920–1921 |
Player Team1: | Nevada |
Player Positions: | Halfback |
Coach Years1: | 1927 |
Coach Team1: | Galileo HS (CA) |
Coach Years2: | 1928–1935 |
Coach Team2: | Stanford (backfield) |
Coach Years3: | 1936–1942 |
Coach Team3: | Fresno State |
Coach Years4: | 1946 |
Coach Team4: | Fresno State |
Overall Record: | 59–18–5 (college) |
Bowl Record: | 2–0 |
Championships: | 1 Far Western (1937) 2 CCAA (1941–1942) |
James W. "Rabbit" Bradshaw was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Fresno State College—now known as California State University, Fresno—from 1936 to 1942 and again in 1946, compiling a record of 59–18–5. Bradshaw played college football at the University of Nevada. He began his coaching career at Galileo High School—now known as Galileo Academy of Science and Technology—in San Francisco before moving to Stanford University in 1928 as backfield coach.[1] Bradshaw was considered for the position of head football coach at the University of Oregon in January 1938.[2]
Bradshaw was inducted into the Fresno County Athletic Hall of Fame in 1964.[3]