Norm Bradford
| Norman Bradford | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Norman Bradford | ||
| Date of birth | 17 August 1894 | ||
| Date of death | 4 August 1916 (aged 21) | ||
| Place of death | Pozières, France | ||
| Original team | Yarraville | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1915 | South Melbourne | 7 (9) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1915 season. | |||
Norman Bradford is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League. He was killed in action in World War I.
Bradford was killed in action on 4 August 1916 while serving in the Australian Imperial Force as a Corporal in the 23rd Battalion of the Australian Infantry.[1] He name is engraved on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, a memorial to all Australian soldiers who fought in France and Belgium during the First World War whose graves are not known.[1]
See also
- List of Victorian Football League players who died in active service
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Casualty Details - 2577 Corporal Alfred Norman Bradford". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
Sources
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
- Norm Bradford's statistics from AFL Tables