Thomas Bradshaw (7 February 1904 – 22 February 1986) was a Scottish
footballer
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of the 1920s and 1930s, who played for
Bury,
Liverpool
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,
Third Lanark and
South Liverpool. He also played once for the
Scotland national football team
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, in their 5–1 win against
England
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in 1928. A large, physically imposing player, Bradshaw was ironically nicknamed 'Tiny'.
Playing career
Bury
He began his professional career with English side
Bury, in
1922
Events
January
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, having been signed from local amateur side Woodside Juniors. A wing-half or centre-half, Bradshaw spent eight years with the
Lancashire
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club.
Wembley Wizards
Bradshaw was called up for his senior international debut on 31 March 1928 at
Wembley Stadium
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in a 5–1 win over
England
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, a performance that saw the Scotland side dubbed the '
Wembley Wizards
The Wembley Wizards is the nickname for the Scotland national football team that defeated
England 5–1 at Wembley in the 1928 British Home Championship.
Background
Scotland had failed to win either of their previous matches in the 1928 Brit ...
'. In his one game for Scotland Bradshaw directly nullified
Dixie Dean, England's most potent goalscorer of his generation. Despite such a notable individual and team performance, Bradshaw was the only wizard to have this game as their only full cap.
Liverpool
Two years later, in January 1930, Liverpool manager
George Patterson paid
£8000 for his services, he made his debut on 25 January at
Anfield
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against
Manchester United
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. It was a day to remember as Liverpool won the game 1–0. His first goal for Liverpool came on 3 September 1932 in a match against
Newcastle United
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, where Newcastle won a 4–3 thriller. Tom stayed at the
Merseyside
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club for eight years, playing most of his games at centre-back, eventually racking up 291 appearances.
Later career in football
Following his departure in 1938, Bradshaw had short spells with
Third Lanark and
South Liverpool, before retiring to work as a scout for
Norwich City
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for a period of time. In 1947–48 Bradshaw was coach in the Netherlands at
't Gooi.
[Sportflitsen. "De Gooi- en Eemlander : nieuws- en advertentieblad". Hilversum, 07-07-1948, p. 3. Geraadpleegd op Delpher op 19-11-2021, https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011173581:mpeg21:p003]
References
External links
Profileat the Liverpool F.C. website
Player profileat LFChistory.net
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1904 births
1986 deaths
Footballers from Renfrewshire
Scottish men's footballers
Men's association football wing halves
Bury F.C. players
Liverpool F.C. players
Third Lanark A.C. players
South Liverpool F.C. players
English Football League players
Scottish Football League players
Scotland men's international footballers
Norwich City F.C. non-playing staff
People from Bishopton
SC 't Gooi managers
20th-century Scottish sportsmen