Edward R. Bradley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetEdward R. Bradley
American businessman
Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1859
Place of Birth: Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 15-Aug-1946
Profession: businessperson
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Edward R. Bradley
- Colonel Edward Riley Bradley (December 12, 1859 – August 15, 1946) was an American steel mill laborer, gold miner, businessman and philanthropist.
- As well as a race track proprietor, he was the preeminent owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses in the Southern United States during the first three decades of the 20th Century.
- Testifying before a United States Senate committee in April 1934, Bradley identified himself as a "speculator, raiser of race horses and gambler." He made the cover of TIME magazine on May 7, 1934.
- In the year 2000, the Florida Department of State honored him as one of their Great Floridians.Born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania of Irish descent.
- His ancestors were from Draperstown, County Londonderry, then in Ireland.
- At age fourteen, Edward Bradley was working as a roller in a steel mill before heading for Texas in 1874 to work on a ranch.
- During the Wild West era, legend says that he traveled about, working as a cowboy, a scout for General Nelson A.
- Miles during the Indian War campaigns, and was a friend of Wyatt Earp and considered Billy the Kid to be bad news.
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