Robert Peter Bradley (10 September 1924 – 4 August 1999) was an
Australian rules footballer who played for
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
* Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
* Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
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in the
VFL during the late 1940s.
Bradley attended St Joseph's CBC North Melbourne in the period around 1938 to 1940. While at school he developed his sporting abilities, eventually gaining places in its senior cricket team and senior football team in 1940. He served as a
leading aircraftman in the
Royal Australian Air Force
"Through Adversity to the Stars"
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during the
Second World War
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Bradley went on to join his local club and was one of Essendon's wingmen in their strong Dick Reynolds led side. They made the grand final in each of the four seasons which Bradley played and he was part of three of them. After playing in losing grand finals in his first two seasons he was a member of Essendon's 1949 premiership team. It was the 1950 decider that he missed out on, due to a shoulder injury.
[Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing]
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1924 births
1999 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Essendon Football Club players
Essendon Football Club Premiership players
Camberwell Football Club players
Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II
Royal Australian Air Force airmen
One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players
People from Preston, Victoria
Military personnel from Melbourne
People educated at St Joseph's College, Melbourne
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