Jim Bradford (footballer)
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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][3]
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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[1] | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1943 | Collingwood | 07 (16) | |
1949 | North Melbourne | 09 0(8) | |
1950-1954 | West Torrens | 076 0(197) | |
Total | 92 (221) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1954. | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
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He was the shortest player ever to play Australian rules football at the highest level. He stood five feet tall (152 centimetres).[4]
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.[5]