Princeton University Basketball Jersey worn by Bill Bradley
name: label: wearer
content: Bradley, Bill
label: maker
content: Mitchell and Ness
label: Associated Name
content: Princeton University
label: maker
content: Mitchell and Ness
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Black sleeveless basketball jersey with the number "42" appliqued on the front and the back of the jersey in orange along with two horizontal orange stripes. This jersey was worn by three time All-American and Rhodes Scholar Bill Bradley while a member of the Princeton University basketball team. Bradley went on to play for the New York Knicks and became a United States Senator.
label: Description
content: Prior to his career as a United States Senator, Bill Bradley (b. 1943) first attained national fame as an All-American forward on Princeton University's basketball team (1962-1965.) Bradley averaged a gaudy 30.2 points per game over the course of his collegiate career, leading the Tigers to three consecutive Ivy League Championships. In 1965 Bradley won both NCAA player of the year and the Sullivan Award for the nation's best amateur athlete, bringing Princeton to an unexpected third-place finish in that year's NCAA tournament.
label: Description
content: Bradley's other basketball accomplishments include captaincy of the United States Olympic Gold Medal team in 1964, a Euroleague championship with Olimpia Simmenthal Milano in 1966, and two NBA titles as a starter with the New York Knicks (1970 & 1973.) He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1983.
label: Description
content: Following the completion of his professional career in 1977, Bradley served as a Senator for the state of New Jersey for three consecutive terms (1978 – 1999,) unsuccessfully running for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 2000.
label: Description
content: A Rhodes Scholar, Bradley proved that one could be a success in both academics and athletics.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Basketball
label: level of sport
content: collegiate
label: web subject
content: Sports
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Edwin A. Rowlands
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0347.04
label: accession number
content: 1983.0347
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0347.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jersey, basketball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, polyester (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 in x 17 1/4 in; 78.74 cm x 43.815 cm