Jim Bradford (footballer) explained

Jim Bradford
Birth Date:2 March 1926
Originalteam:Abbotsford[1]
Statsend:1954
Years1:1943
Club1:Collingwood
Games Goals1:7 (16)
Years2:1949
Club2:North Melbourne
Games Goals2:9 (8)
Years3:1950-1954
Club3:West Torrens
Games Goals3:76 (197)
Games Goalstotal:92 (221)
Careerhighlights:

Jim "Nipper" Bradford (2 March 1926 – 8 March 2005)[1] was an Australian rules football player. He played seven games with Collingwood in 1943, and nine with North Melbourne in 1949.[2]

He was the shortest player ever to play Australian rules football at the highest level. He stood five feet tall (152 centimetres).[3]

Bradford played 76 games for Camberwell and kicked 169 goals (1945-48). He won Camberwell's best and fairest in 1945, 1946.

He was named as the rover in Camberwell Football Club's Team of the Century.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jim Bradford. Collingwood Forever. 23 December 2014.
  2. Web site: Jim Bradford - Player Bio. Australian Football. 23 December 2014.
  3. Jim Main, Aussie rules for Dummies (2nd edition, 2008), p 16.
  4. Web site: Camberwell Team of the Century . 28 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130507043415/http://footystats.freeservers.com/Footystats/TOTC.html#CAMBERWELL . 7 May 2013 . dead .