Jim Bradford (footballer)

Jim Bradford
Personal information
Date of birth (1926-03-02)2 March 1926
Date of death 8 March 2005(2005-03-08) (aged 79)
Original team(s) Abbotsford
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1943 Collingwood 7 (16)
1949 North Melbourne 9 (8)
1950-1954 West Torrens 76 (197)
Total 92 (221)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1954.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jim "Nipper" Bradford (2 March 1926 – 8 March 2005) was an Australian rules football player. He played seven games with Collingwood in 1943, and nine with North Melbourne in 1949.

He was the shortest player ever to play Australian rules football at the highest level. He stood five feet tall (152 centimetres).

Bradford played 76 games for Camberwell and kicked 169 goals (1945-48). He won Camberwell's best and fairest in 1945, 1946.

He was named as the rover in Camberwell Football Club's Team of the Century.

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