Australian rules footballer
| Jim Bradford | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | (1926-03-02)2 March 1926 | ||
| Date of death | 8 March 2005(2005-03-08) (aged 79) | ||
| Original team(s) | Abbotsford | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1943 | Collingwood | 07 (16) | |
| 1949 | North Melbourne | 09 0(8) | |
| 1950-1954 | West Torrens | 076 0(197) | |
| Total | 92 (221) | ||
| Playing statistics correct to the end of 1954. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Jim "Nipper" Bradford (2 March 1926 – 8 March 2005) was an Australian rules football player. He played seven games with Collingwood in 1943, and nine with North Melbourne in 1949.
He was the shortest player ever to play Australian rules football at the highest level. He stood five feet tall (152 centimetres).
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.
References
- ^ "Jim Bradford". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 59. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.
- "Jim Bradford - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- Jim Main, Aussie rules for Dummies (2nd edition, 2008), p 16.
- "Camberwell Team of the Century". Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
External links
- Jim Bradford's playing statistics from AFL Tables
| West Torrens Football Club • 1953 SANFL Premiers | |
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| West Torrens 9.13 (67) defeated Port Adelaide 8.12 (60), at Adelaide Oval, 3 October 1953, crowd: 42,949 | |
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