Vic Bradford

Henry Victor Bradford

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.
• School University of Alabama
• Debut May 1, 1943
• Final Game May 14, 1943
• Born March 5, 1915 in Brownsville, TN USA
• Died June 10, 1994 in Paris, KY USA

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Biographical Information

Vic Bradford played six games with the New York Giants in 1943. In his lone big league start, he recorded his lone hit, a single off George Diehl of the Boston Braves. Vic was later the baseball coach at the University of Kansas in 1947 and Baylor in 1951.

Vic came out of the University of Alabama to play most of three years with the Clinton Giants. He also spent part of a season with the Hartford Bees and all of 1942 with the Jacksonville Tars before he got his chance in the majors in 1943.

Just when his big league career might have gotten started, he went into the Navy, The big league Giants didn't release him until 1946, and he played some games in the minors that year for the Topeka Owls.

Overall, Vic's minor league batting average was .320 and he slugged .466.

An article in the Detroit Evening Times [1] indicates that he was an All-American fullback in college. His baseball career was hindered because he had "failing vision". Wearing glasses helped. Wikipedia, however (retrieved 03-05-21 [2]), says that his eyesight was fixed by surgery.

Another source [3] says Vic quarterbacked Alabama to the Rose Bowl, was a player-coach at "St. Mary's Pre-Flight" (presumably in service ball), and turned down pro football in favor of baseball. In WWII he was a Lieutenant. After his pro baseball career, he was Baylor's baseball coach as well as backfield coach for the football team.

Year-by-Year Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Playoffs	Notes
1942	Jacksonville Tars	South Atlantic League		3rd	Lost in 1st round	replaced Babe Ganzel