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English footballer

Joe Bradford
Personal information
Full name Joseph Bradford
Date of birth (1901-01-22)22 January 1901
Place of birth Peggs Green, Coalville, England
Date of death 6 September 1980(1980-09-06) (aged 79)
Place of death Birmingham, England
Height 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m)
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Coalville Town
– Peggs Green Victoria
1920–1935 Birmingham 414 (249)
1935–1936 Bristol City 5 (1)
Total 419 (250)
International career
1923–1930 England 12 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseph Bradford (22 January 1901 – 6 September 1980) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward. Born in Peggs Green, near Coalville, Leicestershire, Bradford made nearly 450 appearances for Birmingham in all competitions, scoring 267 goals. He was capped 12 times for England, scoring seven goals, and played five times for a representative Football League XI.

He is Birmingham's all-time leading goalscorer. He topped the club's scoring charts in all but one First Division season between 1921–22 and 1932–33, and if goals in all competitions are counted, he was top scorer in all twelve of those seasons. Bradford also scored Birmingham's only goal of the 1931 FA Cup Final, in which they were beaten by West Bromwich Albion.

After retiring from football he ran a number of pubs in the West Midlands including the White Lion in Muntz St, Birmingham; The Stockland Inn in Erdington and The Vernon Arms in Hanbury. He later owned a sports shop in Sutton Coldfield.

He died in Birmingham aged 79.

Honours

Birmingham

References

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  4. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
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