:Ed O'Bradovich

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1940)}}

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| pastteams = * Calgary Stampeders ({{CFL Year|1961}})

• BC Lions ({{CFL Year|1961}})
• Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|1962}}–{{NFL Year|1971}})

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Edward O'Bradovich (born May 21, 1940) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). He was selected by the Chicago Bears in the seventh round (91st pick) of the 1962 NFL draft. In 2019, he was named one of the 100 greatest Bears of All-Time. He attended Proviso East High School in Maywood, Illinois and the University of Illinois.

O'Bradovich has the unusual distinction shared with not a small number of professional athletes who grew up, attended college, and enjoyed a long professional career in the same state. "OB", as he was known throughout his career, grew up in Hillside, IL, attended the University of Illinois and played his entire career for the Bears. Perhaps the singular professional career distinction was when he intercepted a short pass in the 1963 NFL Championship game and rumbled down the field on a key play for a Bears victory. Before joining the Bears, he played in the CFL for the B.C. Lions and the Calgary Stampeders.{{Cite web|url=https://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=obraded001|title=Ed O'Bradovich Statistics on JustSportsStats.com|website=www.justsportsstats.com}}

He eventually started co-hosting the Suburban Tire Post Game Show after Bears games, alongside the late and great Bear Doug Buffone on WSCR in Chicago and lives in Palatine, IL.{{Citation needed|date=March 2014}} In May 2009, O'Bradovich and Buffone left WSCR-AM and joined Chicago Sports Webio. However, in June 2009, the founder of Chicago Sports Webio was charged with operating a Ponzi scheme, and the site was shut down.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/local/tangled-webio-mike-north-tom-shaer/2088642/|title=Who's Who In Town Caught In Tangled Webio Deal|date=June 18, 2009 }} O'Bradovich and Buffone re-signed with the Score in late August 2009. O'Bradovich began broadcasting Chicago Rush Arena Football League games for Comcast SportsNet and WGN in 2010. Following his retirement, O'Bradovich has closely followed the Bears, giving the Pro Football Hall of Fame induction speeches for both Dan Hampton and Mike Ditka.{{Citation needed|date=March 2014}}

O'Bradovich played himself in the television movies Brian's Song, starring James Caan as Brian Piccolo, and Coach of the Year, starring Robert Conrad as former Chicago Bears player Jim Brandon.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0639364/|title=Ed O'Bradovich|website=IMDb}}

He is of Serbian descent. According to O'Bradovich, his father changed the family's surname from Obradović because so many people in their home country had the same name, frequently causing the mail to be mixed up.{{cite news|last=O'Donnell|first=John|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/quad-city-times-injury-didnt-slow-gridd/153994073/|title=Injury Didn't Slow Gridder|newspaper=Quad-City Times|via=Newspapers.com|date=February 18, 1969|access-date=August 25, 2024}}