Alan Bradshaw

Alan Bradshaw
Personal information
Date of birth	14 September 1941
Place of birth	Blackburn, England
Date of death	18 October 2020 (aged 79)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1962–1965	Blackburn Rovers
1965–1973	Crewe Alexandra
1973–1974	Macclesfield Town
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alan Bradshaw (14 September 1941 – 18 October 2020) was an English professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Blackburn Rovers, Crewe Alexandra, and Macclesfield Town.^[2]

Career[edit]

Born in Blackburn, Bradshaw joined his hometown team and scored in the club's 1959 FA Youth Cup final victory over West Ham United in Blackburn's only win in that competition. In September 1962, Bradshaw scored in his Rovers first team debut in a 4-2 defeat away to Wolverhampton Wanderers, and made 10 further appearances for the club, scoring twice, before leaving for Crewe Alexandra in 1965.^[1] He also spent time with Loughborough College in the early 1960s.^[3]

Bradshaw was later a youth team coach at Blackburn and managed local clubs Great Harwood, Padiham, Clitheroe and Chorley.^[1]

Honours[edit]

with Crewe Alexandra

Football League Fourth Division fourth-place promotion: 1967–68

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Alan Bradshaw (14.09.1941-17.10.2020)". Retrieved 18 October 2020.
^ "stats". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "Loughborough team photo with Barry Hines is a bit of football history | Letters". The Guardian. 29 March 2016 – via www.theguardian.com.

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[Alan_Bradshaw_Obituary-1] "Alan Bradshaw (14.09.1941-17.10.2020)". Retrieved 18 October 2020.

[2] "stats". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[3] "Loughborough team photo with Barry Hines is a bit of football history | Letters". The Guardian. 29 March 2016 – via www.theguardian.com.

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