Find a Grave Harold Bradley Jr (1929-2021) Buried Grave Find
Find a Grave Harold Bradley Jr (1929-2021) Buried Grave Find
Harold Bradley Jr
Birth 13 Oct 1929
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death 13 Apr 2021 (aged 91)
Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy
Burial Details Unknown
Professional Football Player and Actor
His father Harold William Bradley Sr. was a professional football player in the National Football League with the Chicago Cardinals (guard position) and was one of the few African-Americans who played in the league prior to World War II.
Harold Jr. made his initial impression on the football field during his years at Englewood High School in Chicago, Illinois. He enrolled at the University of Iowa where he played collegiate football and earned team MVP honors in 1950. Following graduation, he served with the United States Marine Corps.
It would be during this period when he was discovered by a scout for the Cleveland Browns while stationed in San Diego and playing on a Marines football team. For four seasons (1954 to 1956 and 1958), he played at the offensive guard position in the National Football League with the Cleveland Browns and Philadelphia Eagles. He experienced two NFL Championships with Cleveland (1954 and 1955).
He totaled 47 career regular season games. After retiring from football, his passion for art prompted him to move his family to Rome, Italy where he took up painting and opened a studio named Folkstudio where he displayed his works. Additionally, he began his acting career when he made his debut with a minor role in the Italian film “Barabbas” (1961).
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Find a Grave Harold Bradley Jr (1929-2021) Buried Grave Find
This was followed with “Gladiator of Rome” (1962), the British film “Jason and the Argonauts” (1963) and “Hercules Against the Barbarians” (1964). He found and interest in folk music and turned his art studio into a venue for performers who included Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan. During the 1970s, he returned to Chicago where he taught History at the University of Illinois.
In addition, he hosted the locally-based, culturally-themed television programs “South Side,” “Close-Up” and “People Beat.” Bradley appeared in the Sylvester Stallone film “Daylight” (1996) and returned to Italy where he became a recording artist of Gospel, Jazz, Folk and Blues genres.
Find a Grave Harold Bradley Jr (1929-2021) Buried Grave Find
