Some of the most visited posts on this site continue to be those regarding the early 1930s Bradley High School football team (posts dated 10/1/08 and 10/6/08).
I recently came across a more-or-less first hand account of a 1932 football game. It is part of a letter that Frank M. Cochran, Jr., then 11 years old, wrote to a cousin on November 3, 1932. Bradley was scheduled to play Stamps in Bradley the next day, and had played Hope in Bradley the previous week (October 28, 1932). The excerpt from the letter reads:
“Stamps plays ball here tomorrow. They are going to bring a band and a lot of people. Bradley has a good team. They held Hope to a 12–6 defeat for Bradley. It was Bradley’s ball on the 50, 4th [down] and about 8 [yards to go for a first down]. Thomas Williams punted to Hope’s 2 yard line. They tried to throw the ball. It was third [down] and about 5 [yards to go for a first down]. They punted to Pat Coker on Hope’s 30. He got the ball and ran for a touchdown. Bruz [Hamner] tried for point but failed and got knocked out. Sims went in.”
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For a point of historical reference, it can be noted that on the following Tuesday, November 8, 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated incumbent Herbert Hoover in the election for President of the United States.
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