Jim Bradford | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 2 March 1926 | ||
Date of death | 8 March 2005 | (aged 79)||
Original team(s) | Abbotsford [1] | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1943 | Collingwood | 7 (16) | |
1949 | North Melbourne | 9 (8) | |
1950-1954 | West Torrens | 76 (197) | |
Total | 92 (221) | ||
1 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) [1] was an Australian rules football player. He played seven games with Collingwood in 1943, and nine with North Melbourne in 1949. [2] [3]
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]
Jim Bradford | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 2 March 1926 | ||
Date of death | 8 March 2005 | (aged 79)||
Original team(s) | Abbotsford [1] | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1943 | Collingwood | 7 (16) | |
1949 | North Melbourne | 9 (8) | |
1950-1954 | West Torrens | 76 (197) | |
Total | 92 (221) | ||
1 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) [1] was an Australian rules football player. He played seven games with Collingwood in 1943, and nine with North Melbourne in 1949. [2] [3]
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]