Martin Bradley

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Martin Bradley

Personal information
Full name	Martin Bradley
Date of birth	1886
Place of birth	Wolstanton, England
Date of death	1958
Position(s)	Inside forward
Youth career
	South Kirkby Colliery
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1907–1908	Grimsby Town	28	(6)
1908–1910	Mexborough Town
1910–1911	Sheffield Wednesday	2	(0)
1911–191?	Bristol Rovers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martin Bradley (1886 – 1958) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside-right in the period before World War I.

Club history

Bradley was born at Wolstanton on the outskirts of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. After playing youth football with South Kirkby Colliery, he joined Grimsby Town of the Football League Second Division in 1907. After a season at Blundell Park, he dropped down to the Midland League with Mexborough Town.

He briefly returned to top-flight football with Sheffield Wednesday, for whom he made two appearances in 1910, before ending his career in the Southern League with Bristol Rovers.

Family

Martin's son, Jack (1916–2002) played at inside forward for various clubs in the 1930s and 1940s, including Swindon Town, Southampton and Bolton Wanderers.

His brother was James Bradley (1881–1954), who was a member of Liverpool's Championship winning side of 1905–06 and also played for Stoke in the 1890s.