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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), a political consultant, author, and presidential speechwriter. Bell ran again unsuccessfully for the Senate in 1982 but lost the party primary. Then in 2014, Bell was the Republican nominee against the victorious Democrat [[Cory Booker]], a liberal [[African-American]]. Bradley polled 1,082,960 votes (55.3 percent) to Bell's 844,200 (43.1 percent).  

Thirty-one bills which Bradley introduced in the Senate became law, including appropriations for the Gateway National Recreation Area, the Coastal Heritage Trail, and Wild and Scenic River Act. He also obtained fifteen additional acres for the Morristown Historical Park in Morristown, New Jersey.<ref>William “Bill” Bradley, former Senator for New Jersey - GovTrack.us, accessed April 15, 2022.</ref>

Thirty-one bills which Bradley introduced in the Senate became law, including appropriations for the Gateway National Recreation Area, the Coastal Heritage Trail, and Wild and Scenic River Act. He also obtained fifteen additional acres for the Morristown Historical Park in Morristown, New Jersey.<ref>William “Bill” Bradley, former Senator for New Jersey - GovTrack.us, accessed April 15, 2022.</ref>