Don Bradley

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Don Bradley
Personal information
Full name Donald John Bradley
Date of birth (1924-09-11)11 September 1924
Place of birth Annesley, England
Date of death 26 June 1997(1997-06-26) (aged 72)
Position(s)
Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1945–1949 West Bromwich Albion 0 (0)
1949–1962 Mansfield Town 384 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Donald Bradley (11 September 1924 – 26 June 1997) was an English

Division Three North match against Southport.[1]

At a 13-year spell at the club, Bradley is one of Mansfield's longest-serving players of all time. In total he played a total of 413 matches, scoring six goals for the club. His last game for Mansfield came on 23 October 1961 in a

1961–62 season, and subsequently played a couple of seasons for non-league Ilkeston Town
before retiring from playing the game.

He continued to work in football into his 60s, including a role as a boys football coach at Oldswinford Hospital School in the West Midlands.

He died in June 1997, at the age of 72.

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