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21 unusual facts about Bill Bradley


1971–72 Los Angeles Lakers season

Bill Bradley hit 11 of 12 shots from the field as New York shot 53 percent for the game.

Air raid on Bari

In 1988, through the efforts of Nick T. Spark, U.S. Senator Dennis DeConcini and U.S. Senator Bill Bradley, Alexander received recognition from the Surgeon General of the United States Army for his actions in the aftermath of the Bari disaster.

Betty Sue Flowers

She lives with former New Jersey Senator and NBA star Bill Bradley.

Bill Lipinski

Lipinski endorsed Bill Bradley for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2000.

Bradley Amendment

-- fit the title in somehow: Requirement of statutorily prescribed procedures to improve effectiveness of child support enforcement --> Bill Bradley) requires state courts to prohibit retroactive reduction of child support obligations.

Business Enterprise Trust

The BET awards were gala affairs that featured such keynote speakers as President Bill Clinton, First Lady Hillary Clinton, Vice President Albert Gore, Senator Bill Bradley, and journalist Bill Moyers.

California Democratic primary, 2000

Vice President Al Gore carried the primary in a landslide over former Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey.

Champagne unit

Furthermore, a greatly disproportionate number of famous, wealthy, and/or politically connected young men received slots in the Guard or Reserves during Vietnam, including 360 professional athletes such as Bill Bradley and Nolan Ryan.

Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2000

The apparent front runner and party establishment candidate Vice President Albert Gore Jr. of Tennessee only faced one candidate in the primaries: U.S. Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey.

Donnie Fowler

Fowler was Al Gore's National Field & Delegates Director during the 2000 presidential campaign, managing the in-state political operations for Gore's victory over Bill Bradley for the Democratic nomination and the popular vote victory over George W. Bush in the general election.

Fatherhood USA

The program, hosted by Senator Bill Bradley, seeks to dispel common stereotypes of fatherhood, and examine how fathers are able to build strong relationships with their children.

H. Lee Sarokin

In 1978, Sarokin worked as the finance chairman for his friend Bill Bradley, who was running for a U.S. Senate seat to represent New Jersey.

John Allis

However, somebody pointed out to the administration that Harvard and Yale each had two Olympians that year and that, without Allis, Princeton would have had only one (Bill Bradley).

Marcy Bloom

During the 2002 Democratic primary campaign, Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey enlisted Bloom to tape radio ads critical of Al Gore's past flirtation with opposition to abortion.

Mark Schmitt

Schmitt was policy director to former Senator Bill Bradley in the 1990s and a senior advisor on Bradley's 2000 presidential campaign.

Maya Ajmera

Many of Maya's books have forewords written by prominent individuals, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Bill Bradley, Marian Wright Edelman, John Hope Franklin, and even Kermit the Frog.

Penny Pritzker

Among the recipients have been the presidential campaigns and exploratory committees, including those of George W. Bush, Joe Lieberman, Bill Bradley, Rudy Giuliani, John McCain (2000), Al Gore, John Kerry and Hillary Clinton.

The New American Story

The New American Story is a book written by former United States Senator and 2000 presidential hopeful, Bill Bradley, and first published on March 27, 2007.

Timothy A. Cohn

Cohn served in the office of Senator Bill Bradley(D-NJ) in 1995-97 as a AAAS Congressional Science Fellow, and worked on the unsuccessful Bradley presidential campaign in 2000.

United States Senate election in New Jersey, 1990

Democratic Senator Bill Bradley decided to seek re-election and narrowly edged out little-known Republican Christine Todd Whitman.

United States Senate election in New Jersey, 1996

Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Bill Bradley decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term.


2000 Democratic National Convention

Other notable speakers included Gore's opponent for the Democratic nomination, Senator Bill Bradley, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senators Christopher Dodd of Connecticut and Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, Former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, and the Reverend Jesse Jackson.

A Sense of Where You Are

In A Sense of Where You Are, John McPhee profiles Bill Bradley during Bradley's senior year at Princeton University. Bradley, who would later play in the National Basketball Association and serve in the United States Senate, was widely regarded as one of the best basketball players in the country, and his status as a Rhodes Scholar playing in the Ivy League only added to his allure.

Barbara Lawton

On January 6, 2014 Lawton was named the President and CEO of Americans for Campaign Reform, an advocacy organization based in Washington D.C. chaired by former Senators Bill Bradley (D-NJ), Bob Kerrey (D-NE), and Alan Simpson (R-WY).

Coco Miller

They earned that award in 1999, becoming the first pair of twins to earn the award, and joining such luminaries as Carl Lewis, Greg Louganis, Bill Walton, Bill Bradley, Kurt Thomas, Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Janet Evans as recipients of the award.

Common Good

Among the leaders who have participated in NewTalk discussions are New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former Presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bill Bradley, Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, and former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker.

Jersey's Talking

Guests included U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley, Mary Higgins Clark, Uncle Floyd, Gov. Florio, John Shelby Spong, Gail Sheehy, Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Ed Koch, Steve Allen, Peter Maas, Charles Cummings, John Cunningham, Clement Price, Ed McMahon, Sen. Robert Torricelli, David Toma and Dave Frieder New York's Bridge Photographer.

Picayune Memorial High School

Butch van Breda Kolff, former college and NBA coach of players including Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Bradley was head basketball coach from 1983-1984.