Bill Bradley

Bill Bradley
Bradley in 1980
United States Senator from New Jersey
In office January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1997
Preceded by	Clifford P. Case
Succeeded by	Robert Torricelli
Personal details
Born	William Warren Bradley (1943-07-28) July 28, 1943 (age 81) Crystal City, Missouri, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Ernestine Misslbeck Schlant ​ ​ (m. 1974; div. 2007)​
Domestic partner	Betty Sue Flowers (2009 – present)
Children	1
Education	Princeton University (BA) Worcester College, Oxford (BA)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Air Force
Unit	Reserve
Basketball career
Personal information
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school	Crystal City (Crystal City, Missouri)
College	Princeton (1962–1965)
NBA draft	1965: territorial pick
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career	1965–1977
Position	Small forward
Number	24
Career history
1965–1966	Olimpia Milano
1967–1977	New York Knicks
Career highlights and awards
2× NBA champion (1970, 1973) NBA All-Star (1973) No. 24 retired by New York Knicks EuroLeague champion (1966) 101 Greats of European Basketball (2018) NCAA Final Four MOP (1965) USBWA College Player of the Year (1965) AP College Player of the Year (1965) Helms Foundation College Player of the Year (1965) 2× Sporting News Player of the Year (1964, 1965) UPI College Player of the Year (1965) 2× Consensus first-team All-American (1964, 1965) James E. Sullivan Award (1965) BUSF British University champion (1966) ABBA English National champion (1966) Mr. Basketball USA (1961) First-team Parade All-American (1961) Second-team Parade All-American (1960)
Career statistics
Points	9,217 (12.4 ppg)
Rebounds	2,354 (3.2 rpg)
Assists	2,533 (3.4 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference
Basketball Hall of Fame
Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame
Medals Men's basketball Representing the United States Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Team competition Universiade 1965 Budapest Team competition

William Warren Bradley (born July 28, 1943) is an American politician and former professional basketball player. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a United States senator from New Jersey from 1979 to 1997 and a candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination for president in the 2000 election, which he lost to Vice President Al Gore.

Bradley was born and raised in Crystal City, Missouri, a small town 45 miles (72 km) south of St. Louis. He excelled at basketball from an early age. He did well academically and was an all-county and all-state basketball player in high school. He was offered 75 college scholarships, but declined them all to attend Princeton University. He won a gold medal as a member of the 1964 Olympic basketball team and was the Most Outstanding Player of the 1965 NCAA Tournament, when Princeton finished third. After graduating in 1965, he attended Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship where he was a member of Worcester College, delaying a decision for two years on whether or not to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

While at Oxford, Bradley played one season of professional basketball in Europe and eventually decided to join the New York Knicks in the 1967–68 season, after serving six months in the Air Force Reserve. He spent his entire ten-year professional basketball career playing for the Knicks, winning NBA titles in 1970 and 1973. Retiring in 1977, he ran for a seat in the United States Senate the following year, from his adopted home state of New Jersey. He was re-elected in 1984 and 1990, left the Senate in 1997, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the 2000 Democratic presidential nomination.

Bradley is the author of seven non-fiction books, most recently We Can All Do Better, and hosts a weekly radio show, American Voices, on Sirius Satellite Radio. He is a corporate director of Starbucks and a partner at investment bank Allen & Company in New York City. Bradley is a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One.^[1] He also serves on that group's advisory board.

Bradley is a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences^[2] and the American Philosophical Society.^[3] In 2008 Bradley was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame.^[4]