James Joseph Brady Jr. (born March 2, 1936) is an American

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, retired

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educator and administrator, and a former left-handed

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. A native of Jersey City, New Jersey, he attended and earned three degrees from the

University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or ND, is a private Catholic university, Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend, Indiana, South Bend. French priest Edward Sorin fo ...

. Brady was the eighth president of

Jacksonville University Jacksonville University (JU) is a private university in Jacksonville, Florida. Located in the city's Arlington district, the school was founded in 1934 as a two-year college and was known as Jacksonville Junior College until September 5, 1956, ...

(1989–96), after service as

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of both the university's College of Arts and Sciences and Davis College of Business. Prior to that, he held the department chair in economics at

Old Dominion University Old Dominion University (Old Dominion or ODU) is a public research university in Norfolk, Virginia. It was established in 1930 as the Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary and is now one of the largest universities in Virginia w ...

and was a member of the economics faculty of his alma mater, Notre Dame. As a baseball player, the , Brady was signed off his college campus as an undergraduate by the Detroit Tigers as a $37,500 "bonus baby" in 1955. Detroit's farm system director, John McHale, was a Notre Dame alumnus and Brady promised his father he would return to college to complete his education when he signed his contract. Under the terms of the bonus rule then in effect, however, Brady was forced to spend the first two years of his pro career on a Major League roster. Nicknamed "Diamond Jim" because of his bonus status, Brady missed the 1955 season due to an injury, then made his MLB debut on May 12, 1956, hurling a perfect ninth inning against the

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in a 7–6 loss at

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. A week later, he pitched another scoreless inning against the

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, but was treated roughly in his next four appearances, surrendering 20

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on 15 hits and ten bases on balls in only 4 innings of work. He made only those six appearances, all in

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, during the season, then was sent to the minors for good in 1957. He retired as an active player after appearing in eight games for the 1961

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of the Class A

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. According to Jacksonville University, as of 2011, Brady was an arbitrator in North

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