Jack Bradley

Bradley was born in Hemsworth, West Yorkshire and, after playing youth football with South Kirkby, he joined Huddersfield Town in November 1935. He did not make any first team appearances for Huddersfield, and in August 1936 he was transferred to Swindon Town of the Third Division South. Bradley spent two seasons with Swindon, making 25 league appearances in which he scored six goals. In the FA Cup he scored twice in a 6–0 victory over Dulwich Hamlet in the First Round on 28 November 1936. The following season, he went one better scoring a hat trick (including two penalties) in a 4–3 win over Gillingham on 27 November 1937, his 21st birthday. In June 1938, he moved to Chelsea but again made no first team appearances before being transferred to Southampton in May 1939.

Southampton

He joined Southampton in readiness for the 1939–40 season, but had not broken into the first team before League football was abandoned following the outbreak of the Second World War. At the start of the war, he joined the Police War Reserve and remained in Southampton, playing in the Football League South war leagues. In 1940, Bradley joined the Royal Air Force and his postings took him all over England. During the war he guested for several clubs, including Grantham Town, where he made 20 appearances in the 1945–46 season, Reading, Luton Town, Blackpool, Millwall, Aldershot, Rotherham United, Hereford United and Rochdale. He returned to The Dell in 1945 and was soon scoring regularly in…

Bradley's father, Martin (1886–1958) played at inside forward for Grimsby Town, Sheffield Wednesday and Bristol Rovers between 1907 and 1914. His uncle 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.