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Vic Bradford
Henry Victor
Bradford
was an
outfielder
in
Major League Baseball
. As an
amateur
athlete, Bradford was a
blocking back
for the
University of Alabama football
team, the
Crimson Tide
, and played in the
1938 Rose Bowl
Game. A
multi-sport athlete
, he was signed by the
New York Giants
in 1943. After his poor eyesight was
fixed
by
surgery
, his
military draft status
changed from 3-A to 1-A
and he enlisted in the
Navy's
Aviation Cadet Training Program
located on the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
campus.