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Birthdate:
24.08.1873
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Other clubs: Liverpool Nomads (amateur), Northwich Victoria; Tottenham (Southern league), Thames Ironworks [West Ham] (Southern league)
Bought from: Northwich Victoria
Signed for LFC: ŁN/A 14.10.1893
International debut: 20.02.1897 vs Ireland
International caps: 1/0
Liverpool debut:
28.10.1893
Last appearance: 02.04.1898
Debut goal: 04.11.1893
Last goal: 19.03.1898
Contract expiry: May 1898
LFC league games/goals: 118 / 43
Total LFC games/goals: 138 / 51
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Player Notes:
The first Liverpool player to achieve international honours. Bradshaw was Liverpool's centre-forward for the second half of their debut season in the Football League (1893-94) and scored 6 goals from 14 appearances to help his team to the Second Division championship. In the difficult season which followed, with the club being immediately relegated, he was the club's only 'ever-present' in the League and still found the net 18 times.
Although he would immediately pick up another Second Division winners' medal in 1895-96, his total of League goals was a lot less (12). But as he had switched to the wing by then, this was understandable. His versatility in being able to play on the left and right wing or centre forward was a useful asset. Bradshaw joined Tottenham before the 1898-99 season and featuring mainly as an outside-left played a total of 52 matches and scored 13 goals for Spurs from 1898-99: Southern League (24-5), United League (19-3) and FA Cup (9-5).
Bradshaw played his last game of football for Thames Ironworks (later West Ham) on 9th of December 1899 and scored a goal in a 1-2 loss. Only two weeks later he died from tuberculosis on Christmas Day, only 26 years of age. On 2nd April 1900 Tottenham and Thames Ironworks played a charity match to raise money for Bradshaw's family. |
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