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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]

Jim Bradford
Personal information
Date of birth (1926-03-02)2 March 1926
Date of death 8 March 2005(2005-03-08) (aged 79)
Original team(s) Abbotsford[1]
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1943 Collingwood 07 (16)
1949 North Melbourne 09 0(8)
1950-1954 West Torrens 076 0(197)
Total 92 (221)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1954.
Career highlights
  • 1953 West Torrens Premiership player
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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]


References


  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". Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2009.



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