Charlie Bradshaw (football coach)
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born | December 31, 1923 |
| Died | June 3, 1999 (aged 75) Montgomery, Alabama |
| Playing career | |
| 1946–1949 | Kentucky |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1954–1958 | Kentucky (assistant) |
| 1959–1961 | Alabama (assistant) |
| 1962–1968 | Kentucky |
| 1970 | Texas A&M (assistant) |
| 1971 | Vanderbilt (assistant) |
| 1976–1982 | Troy State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 66–68–6 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 GSC (1976) | |
Charlie Bradshaw (December 31, 1923 – June 3, 1999) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach the University of Kentucky from 1962 to 1968 and at Troy State University, now Troy University, from 1976 to 1982, compiling a career college football record of 66–68–6.
Bradshaw was an assistant coach at the University of Alabama under Bear Bryant and was on the staff that won the 1961 national championship.
At Kentucky Bradshaw inherited a program that had won a championship in 1950 under Bear Bryant and done well under Blanton Collier but posted a record of 25–41–4 (.386). Bradshaw's 1964 team was ranked #5 in the AP Poll after defeating #1 ranked Ole Miss on the road, 27–21, and beating Auburn, 20–0, for a 3–0 start, but the squad finished 5–5 after defeating the Tennessee in its final game. Bradshaw's 1965 team defeated #10 Georgia, 28–10, and appeared bound for a bowl game, being ranked in the AP top ten for four weeks in September and November of that season. Bradshaw's wins in 1965 included games at Missouri, which capped the season with a Sugar Bowl victory and #6 national ranking in the final AP Poll, an upset of another bowl-bound team from Ole Miss, and another win over the Georgia. The 1965 team was then set back when star quarterback Rick Norton suffered a broken leg. The Wildcats finished 6–4 and out of bowl contention. The remainder of Bradshaw's tenure at Kentucky was disappointing, although his final team did defeat a Missouri team that ended up winning the Gator Bowl and earning a #9 national ranking in the final AP Poll. The 1968 Kentucky team also defeated a ranked Oregon State team. Tackle Herschel Turner, tackle Sam Ball, halfback Rodger Bird, and quarterback Rick Norton were named first-team All Americans under Bradshaw at Kentucky.
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