Throwback Thursday: Bill Bradley.

September 6, 2012 at 10:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Bill Bradley, Butch van Breda Kolff, Photos, Princeton

On my various social networks I've been seeing a lot of young people doing "Throwback Thursday," where you post something from your childhood. As an amateur archivist, this idea appeals to me. Who wouldn't want to see an adorable photo of Scott Greenman as a toddler?

I've been seriously behind on scanning old programs, media guides and photographs (I have two boxes of 1960s and 1970s Princeton ephemera donated by a site member I'm embarrassed to say I still haven't touched) but a reader went crate-digging into his personal collection and captured a few items of interest that he said I could share for the first - and perhaps last unless someone wants to remind me weekly - "Throwback Thursday" on the site.

After the jump you'll find Frank Deford's December 1964 profile of Bill Bradley from Sports Illustrated, a January 1965 piece called "Two Once And Future Champs" also by Deford, the March 1965 story "A Whole Team Touched By Stardust," "Building The Bradley Legend" from Young Stars of Sport and two Princeton pages of the program from the 1965 NCAA East Regional.

Hopefully a nice treat for those who have signed up for our 2012-13 coverage early. Click on any image to enlarge.

"An Ivy Leaguer Is The Best":

"Two Once And Future Champs":

"A Whole Team Touched By Stardust":

"Building The Bill Bradley Legend":

1965 NCAA East Regional program:

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George Clark said,

September 6, 2012 @ 11:55 am

Wonderful stuff...particularly for those of us who were inspired by Bradley when we were young. Frank Deford reports in his recent sportswriting memoir that he gained instant credibility with his Time, Inc., employers when he predicted superstardom for the the Princeton freshman from Missouri. Since freshmen were ineligible in those days no one outside of the Ivy League had any idea who Bradley was.

Jon Solomon said,

September 6, 2012 @ 12:51 pm

I've read a few of these before on-line but excellent to see'm with the original layout and images. I can't thank the person who scanned these pages and uploaded them for me enough! - JS

Steven Postrel said,

September 6, 2012 @ 7:30 pm

Great stuff. I think that's the only color photograph of Bradley in a black PU uniform I've ever seen.

BTW, it looks like the second article is missing a page--it goes from 18 to 21 and the subject changes abruptly.

Jon Solomon said,

September 6, 2012 @ 7:40 pm

So it is. I'll ask if there's a scan missing.

Here's the full text if you want to fill in the gaps:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1076792/index.htm

Jon

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Editor:
     Jon Solomon
Photographers:
     Stephen Goldsmith
     Robert Solomon

The 13-14 Schedule

Sun. 11/10 vs. Florida A&M
Sat. 11/16 at Butler
Wed. 11/20 vs. Lafayette
Sat. 11/23 at Rice
Tue. 11/26 vs. George Mason
Sat. 11/30 at Bucknell
Sat. 12/7 vs. FDU
Wed. 12/11 at Rutgers
Sat. 12/14 at Penn State
Fri. 12/20 vs. Portland*
Sat. 12/21 vs. Pacific*
Tue. 12/31 vs. Kent State
Sat. 1/4 at Liberty
Sat. 1/11 at Penn
Sun. 1/26 vs. Kean
Fri. 1/31 at Harvard
Sat. 2/1 at Dartmouth
Fri. 2/7 vs. Columbia
Sat. 2/8 vs. Cornell
Fri. 2/14 at Brown
Sat. 2/15 at Yale
Fri. 2/21 vs. Dartmouth
Sat. 2/22 vs. Harvard
Fri. 2/28 vs. Yale
Sat. 3/1 vs. Brown
Fri. 3/7 at Cornell
Sat. 3/8 at Columbia
Tue. 3/11 vs. Penn

The 12-13 Results

at Buffalo 57-53 W
vs Northeastern 67-66 L
vs Rutgers 58-52 L
at Syracuse 73-53 L
at Lafayette 72-53 W
at Wagner 48-42 L (OT)
at Kent State 62-50 W
vs Drexel 64-57 L
vs Fordham 63-60 L*
vs Rider 62-45 W
vs Bucknell 79-67 W
at Akron 62-58 L
at Elon 74-64 W
vs Penn 65-53 W
vs TCNJ 71-33 W
vs Cornell 76-59 W
vs Columbia 72-66 W
vs Brown 63-46 W
vs Yale 69-65 L
at Dartmouth 73-55 W
at Harvard 69-57 L
at Columbia 65-40 W
at Cornell 72-53 W
vs Harvard 58-53 W
vs Dartmouth 68-63 W
at Yale 71-66 L
at Brown 80-67 L
at Penn 71-58 W

The 1,000 Point Scorers

2,503 - B. Bradley, 1962-65
1,625 - I. Hummer, 2009-13
1,550 - D. Davis, 2008-12
1,546 - K. Mueller, 1987-91
1,451 - P. Campbell, 1959-62
1,441 - C. Robinson, 1979-83
1,428 - B. Earl, 1995-99
1,365 - B. Scrabis, 1985-89
1,321 - G. Petrie, 1967-70
1,292 - H. Haabestad, 1952-55
1,277 - G. Lewullis, 1995-99
1,239 - B. Taylor, 1970-72
1,207 - S. Goodrich 1994-98
1,133 - F. Sowinski, 1975-78
1,130 - R. Hielscher, 1991-95
1,122 - C. Thomforde, 1966-69
1,099 - T. Manakas, 1970-73
1,090 - J. Wallace, 2001-05
1,088 - C. Belz, 1956-59
1,079 - B. Hauptfuhrer, 1973-76
1,076 - B. Roma, 1976-79
1,071 - C. Mooney, 1990-94
1,064 - A. Hyland, Jr., 1960-63
1,062 - L. Brangan, 1957-60
1,057 - A. Hill, 1973-76
1,054 - D. Mavraides, 2007-11
1,044 - S. Johnson, 1993-1997
1,031 - J. Hummer, 1967-70
1,010 - W. Venable, 2001-05