Joe Bradford

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Joe Bradford
Personal information
Full name	Joseph Bradford
Date of birth	22 January 1901(1901-01-22)
Place of birth	Peggs Green, Coalville, England
Date of death	6 September 1980 (aged 79)
Place of death	Birmingham, England
Playing position	Centre forward
Youth clubs
	Peggs Green Victoria Coleorton
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1920–1935 1935–1936	Birmingham Bristol City	414 (249) 005 00(1)
National team
1923–1930	England	012 00(7)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Joseph Bradford (22 January 1901 – 6 September 1980) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward. Born in Peggs Green, near Coalville, Leicestershire, Bradford made nearly 450 appearances for Birmingham in all competitions, scoring 267 goals. He was capped 12 times for England, scoring seven goals, and played five times for a representative Football League XI.

He is Birmingham's all-time leading goalscorer.^[1] He topped the club's scoring charts in all but one First Division season between 1921–22 and 1932–33,^[2] and if goals in all competitions are counted, he was top scorer in all twelve of those seasons.^[3]

He died in Birmingham aged 79.

[edit] Honours

Birmingham

• FA Cup finalist: 1931

[edit] References

General

• Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6. 
• Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books, p. 74. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9. 
• Statistics at englandstats.com

Specific

Persondata
NAME	Bradford, Joe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bradford, Joseph
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1901-01-22
PLACE OF BIRTH	Peggs Green, Coalville, Leicestershire, England
DATE OF DEATH	1980-09-06
PLACE OF DEATH	Birmingham, England