Jim Bradford (Australian footballer)

Jim Bradford
Personal information
Date of birth2 March 1926
Date of death8 March 2005 (aged 79)
Original teamAbbotsford[1]
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1943
1949
Total		Collingwood
North Melbourne		7 (16)
9 (8)
16 (24)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1949 season.

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] He was named as the rover in Camberwell Football Club's Team of the Century.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jim Bradford". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Jim Bradford - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Jim Main, Aussie rules for Dummies (2nd edition, 2008), p 16.
  5. ↑ Camberwell Team of the Century

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