James Bradshaw (American football)
{{Short description|American football player and coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = James Bradshaw
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| player_years1 = 1920–1921
| player_team1 = Nevada
| player_positions = Halfback
| coach_years1 = 1927
| coach_team1 = Galileo HS (CA)
| coach_years2 = 1928–1935
| coach_team2 = Stanford (backfield)
| coach_years3 = 1936–1942
| coach_team3 = Fresno State
| coach_years4 = 1946
| coach_team4 = Fresno State
| overall_record = 59–18–5 (college)
| bowl_record = 2–0
| tournament_record =
| championships = 1 Far Western (1937)
1 CCAA (1941)
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James W. "Rabbit" Bradshaw was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Fresno State College—now known as California State University, Fresno—from 1936 to 1942 and again in 1946, compiling a record of 59–18–5. Bradshaw played college football at the University of Nevada. He began his coaching career at Galileo High School—now known as Galileo Academy of Science and Technology—in San Francisco before moving to Stanford University in 1928 as backfield coach.{{cite news |last=Orman |first=Ed W. |title=Bradshaw Slated to Be Fresno State College Coach; Appointment of Ex-Nevada Ace Appears Certain |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8359721/the_fresno_bee_the_republican/ |newspaper=The Fresno Bee |location=Fresno, California |date=May 19, 1936 |page=12 |access-date=January 14, 2017 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} Bradshaw was considered for the position of head football coach at the University of Oregon in January 1938.{{cite news |author= |title=Bradshaw to Meet Oregon Officials |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8359502/santa_ana_register/ |newspaper=Santa Ana Register |location=Santa Ana, California |agency=United Press |date=January 15, 1938 |page=6 |access-date=January 14, 2017 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
Bradshaw was inducted into the Fresno County Athletic Hall of Fame in 1964.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fresnoahof.org/current-past-inductees|title=Fresno County Athletic Hall of Fame {{!}} Home|website=Fresno County Athletic Hall of Fame {{!}} Home|access-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731195939/https://www.fresnoahof.org/current-past-inductees|archive-date=July 31, 2017|url-status=dead}}
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Fresno State Bulldogs
| conf = Far Western Conference
| startyear = 1936
| endyear = 1938
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1936
| name = Fresno State
| overall = 5–3–1
| conference = 2–1
| confstanding = 2nd
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1937
| name = Fresno State
| overall = 8–1–1
| conference = 4–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = Charity
| bowloutcome = W
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1938
| name = Fresno State
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 2–1
| confstanding = 2nd
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Fresno State Bulldogs
| conf = California Collegiate Athletic Association / Far Western Conference
| startyear = 1939
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1939
| name = Fresno State
| overall = 10–1
| conference = 1–1 / 2–0
| confstanding = 2nd / 1st{{#tag:ref|The 1939 Fresno State Bulldogs football team had the best record in the Far Western Conference (FWC), but was ineligible for the conference championship because they only played two league games.{{cite news |author= |title=Pacific Reaches Tie With Nevada |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101301902/nevada-state-journal/ |newspaper=Nevada State Journal |location=Reno, Nevada |date=November 27, 1939 |page=5 |access-date=May 7, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}|group=n|name=1939season}}
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Fresno State Bulldogs
| conf = California Collegiate Athletic Association
| startyear = 1940
| endyear = 1941
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1940
| name = Fresno State
| overall = 9–2–1
| conference = 1–1–1
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname = Pineapple
| bowloutcome = W
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1941
| name = Fresno State
| overall = 4–3–2
| conference = 2–0–1
| confstanding = T–1st
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Fresno State Bulldogs
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1942
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1942
| name = Fresno State
| overall = 9–1
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Fresno State Bulldogs
| conf = California Collegiate Athletic Association
| startyear = 1946
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1946
| name = Fresno State
| overall = 8–4
| conference = 2–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Fresno State
| overall = 59–18–5
| confrecord = 16–6–2
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 59–18–5
| bowls = no
| poll = no
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Notes
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