Alan Bradshaw

{{Short description|English footballer (1941–2020)}}

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| name = Alan Bradshaw

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| fullname = Alan Mitchison Bradshaw

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|9|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Carlisle,Cumbria,England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|10|18|1941|09|26|df=y}}{{cite web |title=Alan Bradshaw (14.09.1941-17.10.2020) |url=https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2020/october/alan-bradshaw-14.09.1941-17.10.2020/ |accessdate=18 October 2020}}

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| position = Midfielder

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| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Carlisle United

| years1 = 1962–1965| clubs1 = Blackburn Rovers| caps1 = 11| goals1 = 2

| years2 = 1965–1973| clubs2 = Crewe Alexandra| caps2 = 294| goals2 = 50

| years3 = 1973–1974| clubs3 = Macclesfield Town| caps3 = 35 | goals3 = 4

| totalcaps = 340| totalgoals = 56

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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.{{cite web|title=stats|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player2/alanbradshaw.html|work=neilbrown.newcastlefans.com|accessdate=23 February 2014}}

Career

Born in Carlisle, Bradshaw joined his hometown team and scored in a game against Workington and in September 1962,Bradshaw joined Blackburn Rovers and he 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. He also spent time with Loughborough College in the early 1960s.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/mar/29/loughborough-football-team-photo-with-barry-hines-is-a-bit-of-football-history|title=Loughborough team photo with Barry Hines is a bit of football history | Letters|newspaper=The Guardian |date=March 29, 2016|via=www.theguardian.com}}

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

Honours

;with Crewe Alexandra

References