Joseph Bradbury was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played at club level for Salford, Castleford and Huddersfield (two spells, including the first as a World War II guest), as a .
Joe Bradbury was born in Wigan, Lancashire, England.
Joe Bradbury was one of the players who successfully toured in France with Salford in 1934, during which the Salford team earned the name "Les Diables Rouges", the seventeen players were; Joe Bradbury, Bob Brown, Aubrey Casewell, Paddy Dalton, Bert Day, Cliff Evans, Jack Feetham, George Harris, Barney Hudson, Emlyn Jenkins, Alf Middleton, Sammy Miller, Harold Osbaldestin, Les Pearson, Gus Risman, Billy Watkins and Billy Williams.
Joe Bradbury played at in Salford's 3-15 defeat by Wigan in the Championship Final during the 1933âÂÂ34 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Saturday 28 April 1934, and played at in Huddersfield's 4-13 defeat by Wigan in the Championship Final during the 1945âÂÂ46 season at Maine Road, Manchester on Saturday 18 May 1946.
Joe Bradbury played at in Huddersfield's 13âÂÂ9 aggregate victory over Bradford Northern in the 1944âÂÂ45 Challenge Cup Final during the 1944âÂÂ45 season; the 7-4 victory in the first-leg at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Saturday 28 April 1945, and Mallinson played at in the 6-5 victory in the second-leg at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Saturday 5 May 1945.
About Joe Bradbury's time, there was Salford's 10-8 victory over Swinton in the 1931âÂÂ32 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1931âÂÂ32 season at The Cliff, Broughton, Salford on Saturday 21 November 1931, the 21-12 victory over Wigan in the 1934âÂÂ35 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1934âÂÂ35 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 20 October 1934, the 15-7 victory over Wigan in the 1935âÂÂ36 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1935âÂÂ36 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Saturday 19 October 1935, the 5-2 victory over Wigan in the 1936âÂÂ37 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1936âÂÂ37 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Saturday 17 October 1936, and he played at in the 7-10 defeat by Wigan in the 1938âÂÂ39 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1938âÂÂ39 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 22 October 1938.