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Herbert Bradley
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Full name Herbert Bradley
Date of birth 1888 (1888)
Place of birth Padiham, England
Date of death 21 June 1918 (aged 29–30)
Place of death Limburg an der Lahn, Germany
Playing position Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Colne
1906–1909 Bury 18 (0)
1910 Notts County 3 (0)
Padiham
1911 Preston North End 2 (0)
Great Harwood
Nelson
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Herbert Bradley (1888 – 21 June 1918) was an English professional footballer who played as a outside left in the Football League for Bury, Notts County and Preston North End.

Personal life

Bradley served as a gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War. On 5 April 1918, while acting as a forward artillery observer, he was taken prisoner by German forces and taken to Limburg an der Lahn prisoner of war camp. He died of dysentery in the camp on 21 June 1918 and was buried in Avesnes-sur-Helpe Communal Cemetery, France.

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