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Geoffrey Reginald William Bradford |
| Birth |
18 July 1927 in Frenchay, Bristol , Gloucestershire [registered in Bristol, September 1927]. Attended Soundwell School |
| Marriage |
to Betty Flay [registered in Kingswood, March 1951]. |
| Death |
30 December 1994 in Bristol, aged 67 years 165 days_[registered in Bristol, Gloucestershire December 1994]_. |
| Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &  |
| Club Career |
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| Club(s) |
Played schoolboy football in Bristol and played with local side Soundwell FC whilst having trials with Blackpool FC and Blackburn Rovers FC. Bristol Rovers FC signed Bradford in May 1949, and he remained until his retirement in 1964, despite breaking his leg in November 1953, keeping him out for six months. He made 461 league appearances, scoring 245 goals. |
| Club honours |
Football League Division Three (South) winners 1952-53; |
| Individual honours |
None |
| Distinctions |
None |
| Height/Weight |
6' 1", 12st. 7lbs [1957]. |
| Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
| England Career |
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| Player number |
One of three who became the 748th players (750) to appear for England. |
| Position(s) |
Inside-left |
| Only match |
No. 298, 2 October 1955, Denmark 1 England 5**,** a British Exhibition match at Idrætsparken, København, aged 28 years 76 days.  |
| Major tournaments |
World Cup Finals 1954 (provisional) |
| Team honours |
None |
| Individual honours |
None |
| Distinctions |
The eleventh Gloucestershirian to represent England. |
| Beyond England |
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| After his retirement in 1964, Bradford became a petrol tanker driver, continuing to live quietly in Bristol**.** - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.42. |
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