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Vincent Bradford

Vincent Bradford

  • Class
    1936
  • Induction
    1999
  • Sport(s)
    Football, Baseball, Boxing

-Baseball/Boxing/Football, Springfield College

-Coached Football, track and boxing at Central H.S. , Charlotte, NC where he earned one state championship in football, six state championships in boxing and five district championships in track

-Compiled an overall record of 224-107-15 in football in Central H.S. and E.C. Glass H.S., Lynchburg, VA.  Hiss Glass H.S. teams were undefeated in 1950, 1961 and 1965

-In 42 years as a high school track coach, won over 300 dual and triangle meets

-Earned one Virginia and seven North Carolina State Track Championships

-Named "Track Coach of the Year" by the National H.S. Coaches Association in 1978

-Director, Youth Baseball- Lynchburg, VA named in his honor, 1980

-45 career as a boxing referee- high school, college, A.A.U. pro and service (Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard)

-Scout, Houston Oilers (NFL)

-Former President, Virginia Coaches Association

-Inducted, Virginia Coaches Hall of Fame, 1991

-Inducted, North/South Carolina Boxing Hall of Fame 1994

-Inducted, Lynchburg Sports Hall of FAme, 1996

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