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'''William Warren Bradley''' , known as '''Bill Bradley''' (born July 28, 1943), is a former [[United States|American]] [[politician]] and a former professional [[basketball]] player. He served three terms from 1979 to 1997 as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] in the [[United States Senate]] for his adopted state of [[New Jersey]]. He ran for the 2000 Democratic Party presidential nomination,  which he lost by a wide margin to [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Al Gore, Jr.]], the [[Tennessee]]an who then lost in a disputed vote to [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[George W. Bush]], then the governor of [[Texas]].

'''William Warren Bradley''' , known as '''Bill Bradley''' (born July 28, 1943), is a former [[United States|American]] [[politician]] and a former professional [[basketball]] player. He served three terms from 1979 to 1997 as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] in the [[United States Senate]] for his adopted state of [[New Jersey]]. He ran for the 2000 Democratic Party presidential nomination,  which he lost by a wide margin to [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Al Gore, Jr.]], the [[Tennessee]]an who then lost in a disputed vote to [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[George W. Bush]], then the governor of [[Texas]].

Bradley was born and reared in Crystal City, a small town south of [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]. He excelled at basketball from an early age and also did well academically. Her was offered seventy-five college scholarships, but declined them all to attend [[Princeton University]] in New Jersey. He won a gold medal at the 1964 United States men's Olympic basketball team and was the "Player of the Year'' of the National Collegiate Athletic Association in 1965, when Princeton finished third in the NCAA Tournament. After graduating from Princeton in 1965, he attended Oxford on a [[Rhodes Scholarship]] and hence delayed a decision for two years on whether or not to play in the [[National Basketball Association]].<ref>Bioguide Search (congress.gov), accessed April 15, 2022.</ref>

Bradley was born and reared in Crystal City, a small town south of [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]. He excelled at basketball from an early age and also did well academically. Her was offered seventy-five college scholarships, but declined them all to attend [[Princeton University]] in New Jersey. He won a gold medal at the 1964 United States men's Olympic basketball team and was the "Player of the Year" of the National Collegiate Athletic Association in 1965, when Princeton finished third in the NCAA Tournament. After graduating from Princeton in 1965, he attended Oxford on a [[Rhodes Scholarship]] and hence delayed a decision for two years on whether or not to play in the [[National Basketball Association]].<ref>Bioguide Search (congress.gov), accessed April 15, 2022.</ref>

He retired from the NBA in 1977, and took advantage of his popularity from basketball to run to succeed [[Moderate Republican]] [[Clifford P. Case]] in the United States Senate. Case lost his [[primary]] for renomination in 1978 to the [[conservative]] Jeffrey Langley Bell (1943-2018), who ran again unsuccessfully for the Senate thirty-six years later  in 2014 against Democrat [[Cory Booker]]. Bradley polled 1,082,960 votes (55.3 percent) to Bell's 844,200 (43.1 percent).  

He retired from the NBA in 1977, and took advantage of his popularity from basketball to run to succeed [[Moderate Republican]] [[Clifford P. Case]] in the United States Senate. Case lost his [[primary]] for renomination in 1978 to the [[conservative]] Jeffrey Langley Bell (1943-2018), who ran again unsuccessfully for the Senate thirty-six years later  in 2014 against Democrat [[Cory Booker]]. Bradley polled 1,082,960 votes (55.3 percent) to Bell's 844,200 (43.1 percent).