Vic Bradford
American baseball player (1915–1994)
Vic Bradford | |
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Outfielder | |
Born:
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1915-03-05
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March 5, 1915
Brownsville, Tennessee , U.S. |
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Died:
June 10, 1994
(1994-06-10)
(aged
79)
Paris, Kentucky , U.S. |
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Batted:
Right
Threw:
Right
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MLB debut | |
May 1, 1943, for the New York Giants | |
Last MLB appearance | |
May 14, 1943, for the New York Giants | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .200 |
Hits | 1 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 1 |
Teams | |
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Henry Victor Bradford (March 5, 1915 – June 10, 1994) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball . As an amateur athlete, Bradford was a blocking back for the University of Alabama football team, the Crimson Tide , and played in the 1938 Rose Bowl Game . A multi-sport athlete, he was signed by the New York Giants in 1943. After his poor eyesight was fixed by surgery, his military draft status changed from 3-A to 1-A and he enlisted in the Navy's Aviation Cadet Training Program located on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus. [1] [2]
References
- ↑ Keene, Anne R. (2018). The Cloudbuster Nine . New York: Sports Publishing. p. 80, 297. ISBN 978-1-68358-207-6 . Retrieved January 5, 2020 .
- ↑ "Vic Bradford Statistics and History" . baseball-reference.com . Retrieved 2010-12-09.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
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Vic Bradford
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Find a Grave
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