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[edit] Where Bradshaw was born

The article says Shreveport. Well, local legend of Sparta, Tennessee says he was born and raised here, and moved to Louisiana sometime in his early teens. We have a house that is known as the "Bradshaw House" where he supposedly lived, he is recalled by many locals (or so they say), and he has many claimed relatives among our populace.

Can anybody clear this mystery up? Any solid link to a Bradshaw Shreveport birth?

His bio in the NFL Hall of Fame website confirms a Shreveport birth: [1]. That's not proof positive, but I'd have to say that it outranks local legend. JamesMLane 05:17, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Three marriages -- the first was well known to figure skater JoJo Starbuck. not sure if that merits mention or not. 00:33, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] re: Terry's Life

While Terry was a freshman at Louisian Tech, he was an unbridled powerful quarterback. He was big, but at first really had no receiver that could catch him, except a small kid from Airline...Tommy Spinks. The coaches had to get Tommy bigger because he was..at first the only one who could catch Bradshaw's shot. Then other players were added who were also greats...Mike Barber...Roger Carr.

The center, Paul Clark and I were friends, studying organic chemistry into the wee hours of the night. Terry dated Paul's sister, a beautiful girl and it was an obviously good match for the time. I asked Paul if it was true, what people said about Terry not being so bright. He was candid and said he thought so, but he also beleived that Terry was a genius on a football field. Bradshaw's abilities far exceeded his physical size and strength. He was a master at finding an open receiver...and hitting him. Spinks was too small to play pro, but he was supberb at Tech...sort of a Fred Belitnikov(sp?). From nowhere Spinks would appear, leaping high to make the important catch. Of course Carr became famous in his own right.

As an aside, I knew Spinks when he was a small boy outside his father's church (his father was a Methodist minister). Spinks could do the most incredible acrobatics from a standing position, flipping over without touching the ground...incredible balance.

As I have watched Terry's life from the sidelines, I have known it to be bitter sweet...from his marriage to Jo-Jo and so on. I beleive he was truly one of the greatest...if not the greatest quarterback the game has ever known, and he has shown that much of his greatness...is his inner self. His troubles with depression are not suprising. His abilities to handle such a difficult situation is admirable but expectable. He has always had to come from behind...so to speak. He did it at Tech, he did it in Pittsburg, and now he had done it in his inner self.

Congratulations, Terry. And hopes for happiness, as you have given thousands.

Marion rundell@flex.net

[edit] Picture

I don't know if you guys are set for pictures of Mr. Bradshaw, but here's one you may be interested in. I haven't uploaded because I don't know it's copyright status. But here it is so you can decide if the article needs it or not. [2] --D-Day 20:13, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the offer but what I am really looking for are pictures of his playing days, and one image of the Fox studio. Thanks --Jaranda wat's sup 18:46, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Number One overall NFL Draft Picks

O. J. Simpson needs to be added for the year preceding Bradshaw and following Ron Yary —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 198.86.240.56 (talk) 19:41, 31 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Needs inline citations

I recommend using footnotes before promoting it to GA. — Deckiller 23:26, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NASCAR

I added a short paragraph about his entering NASCAR as an owner in FitzBradshaw Racing. The article had no mention of his racing involvment. He sure does a lot! This should probably be expanded with a few more sentences.--edgester 19:36, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GA Re-Review and In-line citations

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[edit] Blatant vandalism

Good evening,

I am neither a Bradshaw biographer nor a registered Wikipedia contributer, though it is all too clear that someone has maliciously vandalized Mr. Bradshaw's entry. The section regarding his collegiate career was apparently modified by a somewhat immature individual who is less than a fan of the subject. I would gladly revise the segment personally, though I am far from being sufficiently informed on the matter.

Admittedly, I am a life-long Steelers fan, and thus a Bradshaw partisan, but regardless of anyone's team/city allegiance, I appreciate referencing Wikipedia as a legitimate source of information. If someone with greater familiarity with either Mr. Bradshaw's career, or even with Wikipedia's policies, has a spare moment, I would greatly appreciate their efforts to correct this.

Many thanks in advance.

-DJ —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.67.240.196 (talk) 05:51, 4 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Nevermind

Wow...uh, apologies for the unnecessary posting. Between my finding the 'Discussion' page, finishing my comment, and looking back to the original article again, someone had already seen to restoring the legitimate text. The Wiki community really is on top of things.

Thanks again to whomever noticed the glaring abuse as well, and for taking the initiative to remedy it.

-DJ —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.67.240.196 (talk) 05:58, 4 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] High School & College information

When you get old & things are not kept in front of you as they were when you lived in the area, things tend to get fuzzy. I just happened upon this article & read it with interest but I respectfully disagree with the article where it stated that Bradshaw lost to the Sulphur Golden Tors. I was a sophomore at Sulphur High School and was at that game. Our sophomore quarterback (Lester Saucier) outperformed Bradshaw during that game but, if memory serves me correctly, came away as the loser. I seem to remember that the score is accurate but am not certain of that either. Could someone verify this information for me? I will try to do some research by searching through some of my high school memorabilia. 72.155.227.114 21:48, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] PE Major

Shouldn't we say that he majored in Physical Education? --HPJoker 16:46, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] God paragraph

Do we need a 2 paragraphs about his belief in God?

"As he acknowledged in his first autobiography, Man of Steel, by 1974 Bradshaw felt like he was bottoming out. His first marriage to Melissa Babich had failed, his shoulder had been injured, and he was often sullen and depressed. The turnaround came when, according to his memoir, Bradshaw, already a born-again Christian, had a revelation: "I had separated myself from God. I lived only for Terry Bradshaw, not for God. I tried to be one of the boys and went to every honky-tonk I could find and chased women and behaved in a way that was totally alien to anything I had ever known before … my whole life was out of control … I was trying to be someone else and was doing a rotten job of it."

What happened to Bradshaw amounted to a second "conversion" experience. "I just put my head in my hands and began to cry and tremble all over and finally I blurted out, 'Here I am, God. I've tried to handle it all by myself and I just can't get the job done. So I'm placing my life in Your hands. I need some peace of mind and I know You can give it to me.'" The quarterback recalls feeling suddenly "stronger mentally and physically.… Being a starting quarterback didn't matter.… What mattered was that I was myself again and I was determined to stay that way." "

Just sounds like whoever posted this had ulterior motives to throw that in.71.169.75.73 (talk) 23:59, 20 January 2008 (UTC)