Joe Bradford
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Bradford | ||
| Date of birth | 22 January 1901 | ||
| Place of birth | Peggs Green, Coalville, England | ||
| Date of death | 6 September 1980 (aged 79) | ||
| Place of death | Birmingham, England | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Coalville | ||
| – | Peggs Green Victoria | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1920–1935 | Birmingham | 414 | (249) |
| 1935–1936 | Bristol City | 5 | (1) |
| Total | 419 | (250) | |
| National team | |||
| 1923–1930 | England | 12 | (7) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Joseph "Joe" Bradford (22 January 1901 – 6 September 1980) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward. Born in Peggs Green, near Coalville, Leicestershire, Bradford made nearly 450 appearances for Birmingham in all competitions, scoring 267 goals.[1] He was capped 12 times for England, scoring seven goals,[2] and played five times for a representative Football League XI.[3]
He is Birmingham's all-time leading goalscorer.[4] He topped the club's scoring charts in all but one First Division season between 1921–22 and 1932–33,[5] and if goals in all competitions are counted, he was top scorer in all twelve of those seasons.[6] Bradford also scored Birmingham's only goal of the 1931 FA Cup Final, in which they were beaten by West Bromwich Albion.[1]
He died in Birmingham aged 79.[1]
[edit] Honours
Birmingham
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ^ "Joe Bradford". englandstats. http://www.englandstats.com/playerreport.php?pid=141. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). p. 33. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
- ^ "Birmingham City Football Club history". BBC Birmingham. 5 June 2007. http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2007/01/03/birmingham_city_fc_history_feature.shtml. Retrieved 2 May 2008.
- ^ "Top League Goalscorers". The Birmingham City FC Archive. Tony Jordan. Archived from the original on 25 October 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20041025230705/http://www.bcfc-archive.freeserve.co.uk/toplgescorers.htm.
- ^ "Top Goalscorers". The Birmingham City FC Archive. Tony Jordan. Archived from the original on 6 September 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20040906225059/http://www.bcfc-archive.freeserve.co.uk/topscorers.htm.
[edit] External links
- Joe Bradford England profile at Englandstats
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