14 Facts About Craig Bradley

Craig Edwin Bradley was born on 23 October 1963 and is a former Australian rules footballer and first-class cricketer.

In 1982, his second season, Craig Bradley won Port Adelaide's Best and Fairest.

In 1984 Craig Bradley would be selected in the Australian team to take on Ireland in the revival of the International Rules series.

In 1985 Craig Bradley had won his third consecutive Port Adelaide best and fairest and was runner-up for the Magarey Medal.

Craig Bradley played with Carlton for seventeen seasons, acting as Kernahan's vice captain from 1990 until 1997, then captaining Carlton from 1998 to 2001.

Craig Bradley broke Bruce Doull's Carlton games record in Round 1,2002.

For much of his career, Craig Bradley played as an outside midfielder, rotating into the forward line during games, where his nous allowed him both to score and assist many goals through his career.

In November 2002, following Carlton's salary cap breach which lost the club valuable draft picks, Craig Bradley had contemplated reversing his decision to retire and attempt to rebuild a club in crisis, but he eventually stood by his initial decision to retire from the game, which was made three weeks before the salary cap drama occurred.

Craig Bradley played first-class cricket for South Australia and various Australian junior sides.

In 2007, Craig Bradley returned to Carlton as a part-time assistant coach.

Craig Bradley was immediately inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2006, after the minimum three years of retirement.

At Carlton, Craig Bradley is an Official Legend of the club's Hall of Fame, and was selected on the wing in the club's Team of the Century.

Craig Bradley was selected on the wing in Port Adelaide's Team of the Century.

Regardless of these differing viewpoints, Craig Bradley is the all-time senior games record holder in elite Australian rules football.