Daily News | ‘Billy ran the show’: Big honor for former Philly AD Bill Bradshaw feted by local luminaries
Steve Javie, a Catholic deacon in recent years, offered a little prayer before lunch. Since this was a sports crowd, Javie first put a whistle in his mouth.The longtime former NBA official did just that.It was that kind of affair last week at White Manor Country Club in Malvern. Vague affiliations throughout the room, but all connected to one man.
“For someone not from Philadelphia, he is as much of a Philly-Philly guy as anyone you ever met,” DiJulia said. “He caught what was in the air.” “Billy ran the show,” Dunphy said. “If you weren’t going to have some fun, you weren’t going to do well on this team.”Bradshaw grew up in Niagara Falls, N.Y. After he broke his ankle a couple of times, Bradshaw’s minor league baseball career was over. He started in coaching, switched to administration, and got to La Salle as AD when he was barely over 30 — “38 years as a Division I AD,” said DiJulia, who is a rare AD who can top that.
He had some misses too, but that’s for another luncheon. Athletic directors are often judged externally by their coaching hires, and Bradshaw usually connected, even if a couple were flared singles, with a double or two in the gap and several long fly balls caught at the warning track, in addition to those notable ones that made it over the wall.
“I know a lot of Billy’s secrets,” Nichols said when he got up to speak. “I’ll decide how many I’m going to tell – keep him in suspense.”
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