Jim Bradford (Australian footballer)

Jim Bradford
Personal information
Date of birth	2 March 1926
Date of death	8 March 2005 (aged 79)
Original team(s)	Abbotsford[1]
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1943 1949 Total	Collingwood North Melbourne	07 (16) 09 0(8) 16 (24)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the 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. "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

External links

• Jim Bradford's statistics from AFL Tables