Bradley Walsh
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Walsh in July 2012.
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| Born |
Bradley John Walsh 4 June 1960 Watford, Hertfordshire, England |
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| Occupation | Actor, television presenter, comedian, singer, footballer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Television |
Coronation Street Law & Order: UK The Chase Odd One In Keep it in the Family Play to the Whistle Tonight at the London Palladium Cash Trapped |
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| Spouse(s) | Donna Derby (m. 1997) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent(s) | Daniel T. Walsh Margaret O'Connell |
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Association football career
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| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1982 | Brentford | 0 | (0) |
| 1978–1979 | → Barnet (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1981–1982 | → Dunstable Town (loan) | 25 | (15) |
| Tring Town | |||
| Boreham Wood | |||
| Chalfont St Peter | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Bradley John Walsh (born 4 June 1960) is an English actor, comedian, singer, television presenter and former professional footballer, best known for his roles as Danny Baldwin in Coronation Street and the lead role of DS Ronnie Brooks in Law & Order: UK, as well as hosting ITV game shows The Chase and Cash Trapped.
Walsh also hosts the annual Crime Thriller Awards and the Specsavers Crime Thriller Club on ITV3, he hosts the variety show Tonight at the London Palladium and is a team captain on the sports-themed panel show Play to the Whistle.
Walsh was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, and grew up nearby in Leavesden. He attended what is now Francis Combe Academy, a comprehensive school in Garston, Hertfordshire. At school, Walsh showed a particular interest in sports and media, and passed O-levels in both subjects. He was also a prominent member of the school's football squad, scoring 64 goals during his time there.
In late 1978, at the age of 18, Walsh became a professional football player for Brentford and although he failed to make the first team, he was regularly a member of the reserves. Separate ankle fracture injuries finished his career in the game in the early 1980s after a promising loan spell with non-league Dunstable Town, for whom he scored 15 goals in 25 league appearances.
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