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Bradley was born and raised in [[Crystal City, Missouri]], a small town {{convert|45|mi}} south of [[St. Louis]]. He excelled at basketball from an early age. He did well academically and was an all-county and all-state basketball player in high school. He was offered 75 college scholarships, but declined them all to attend [[Princeton University]]. He won a gold medal as a member of the [[1964 United States men's Olympic basketball team|1964 Olympic basketball team]] and was the [[NCAA]] basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player|Most Outstanding Player]] of the Year[[1965 inNCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1965 NCAA Tournament]], when Princeton finished third in the NCAA Tournament. After graduating in 1965, he attended Oxford on a [[Rhodes Scholarship]] where he was a member of [[Worcester College]], delaying a decision for two years on whether or not to play in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA).

Bradley was born on July 28, 1943, in [[Crystal City, Missouri]], the only child of Warren (June 22, 1901{{spaced ndash}}October 1, 1994),<ref name=Part6>{{cite news |title=Meandering Toward A Destination Certain |authorurl=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1999/12/17/meandering-toward-a-destination-certain/56b20be2-4cfe-4f15-baa6-f84b585998d8/ |last1=Gellman, |first1=Barton |author2last2=Russakoff, |first2=Dale |date=December 17, 1999 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |page=A1}}</ref> who despite leaving high school after a year had become a bank president, and Susan "Susie" Crowe (June 12, 1909{{spaced ndash}}November 30, 1995),<ref name=Part6/> a teacher and former high school basketball player.{{r|mcphee}}<ref name=lessons>{{cite news |title=Bill Bradley Uses Old Lessons in a New Arena |authorurl=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/01/sports/bill-bradley-uses-old-lessons-in-a-new-arena.html |last1=Berkow, |first1=Ira |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 1, 1983 |page=S1}}</ref><ref name=phillips>{{cite news |title=Bill Bradley for U.S. Senator |authorurl=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/06/18/archives/bill-bradley-for-us-senator-bradley.html |last1=Phillips, |first1=John L. |work=The New York Times |date=June 18, 1978 |page=SM5}}</ref><ref name=project>{{cite news |title= A Mother's Ardent 'Project' – Disciplined Young Bradley Was Coached to Achieve |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1999-12/12/119r-121299-idx.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=December 12, 1999 |authorlast1=Gellman, |first1=Barton |author2last2=Russakoff, |first2=Dale |page=A1}}</ref> Politicians and politics were standard dinner-table topics in Bradley's childhood, and he described his father as a "solid Republican" who was an [[Electoral College (United States)|elector]] for [[Thomas E. Dewey]] in the [[1948 United States presidential election|1948 presidential election]].<ref name=phillips/> An active [[Boy Scouts of America|Boy Scout]], he became an [[Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)|Eagle Scout]] and member of the [[Order of the Arrow]].{{r|gelman196501}}

Bradley's basketball ability benefited from his height—{{convert|5|ft|9|in}} in the seventh grade, {{convert|6|ft|1|in}} in the eighth grade,{{r|gelman196501}} and his adult size of {{convert|6|ft|5|in}} by the age of 15{{r|mcphee}}—and unusually wide peripheral vision,{{r|mcphee}} which he worked to improve by focusing on faraway objects while walking.<ref>{{cite news |title=Daily News Sports Hall of Fame Candidates. And Introducing the Candidates&nbsp;... Bill Bradley |author=Samuel, Ebenezer |page=10 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |date=June 18, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bill Bradley's Shooting Star; The Freshman Senator From New Jersey Winning Points With His Party and on the Senate Floor |authorurl=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1982/04/18/bill-bradleys-shooting-star/04a39466-61f0-4771-90fb-2ab3366b940e/ |last1=Kornheiser, |first1=Tony |page=G1 |newspaper=The Washington Post|date=April 18, 1982}}</ref> During his high school years, Bradley maintained a rigorous practice schedule, a habit he carried through college.<ref name=perfect>{{cite news |title=At Princeton, Practice Makes Bradley a Near-Perfect Player |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/02/23/archives/man-from-missouri-at-princeton-shows-everyone-else-how-its-done-at.html |work=The New York Times |date=February 23, 1964 |page=S6}}</ref> He would work on the court for "three and a half hours every day after school, nine to five on Saturday, one-thirty to five on Sunday, and, in the summer, about three hours a day. He put ten pounds of lead slivers in his sneakers, set up chairs as opponents and dribbled in a slalom fashion around them, and wore eyeglass frames that had a piece of cardboard taped to them so that he could not see the floor, for "a good dribbler never looks at the ball."{{r|mcphee}}

Bradley's wore #42 in honor of childhood hero [[Dick Kazmaier]], who had won the [[Heisman Trophy]] at Princeton, and he wore #42 in his honor.{{r|mcphee}}{{rp|73}} InHe hiswas so superior to the rest of the freshman yearteam that coach Eddie Donovan chose lineups by saying "You, you, you, you, and Bradley".{{r|gellman19991213}} Bradley averaged more than 30 points per game for the freshman team,<ref>At that time, freshmen were prohibited from playing varsity sports for NCAA member schools. That rule would not be repealed for basketball until the 1972–73 academic year.</ref> at one point making 57 consecutive [[free throw]]s,<ref name=allamer1>{{cite news |title=Pick 3 On All-American Five |publisher=[[Chicago Daily Defender]] |date=February 19, 1963 |page=24}}</ref> breaking a record set by a member of the NBA's [[Syracuse Nationals]]. The following year, as a [[Sophomore year|sophomore]], he was a varsity starter in [[Butch van Breda Kolff]]'s first year as coach of the [[Princeton Tigers men's basketball|Tigers]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Princeton Quintet's New Coach To Stress a 'New Look' Offense |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/11/25/archives/princeton-quintets-new-coach-to-stress-a-new-look-offense-van-breda.html |work=The New York Times |date=November 25, 1962 |page=232}}</ref>

In his sophomore year Bradley scored 40 points in an 82–81 loss to St. Joseph's and was named to ''[[Sporting News|The Sporting News]]'' All-American first team in early 1963. The coach of the [[St. Louis Hawks]] believed he was ready to play professional basketball.<ref name=allamer1/> The [[Associated Press|AP]] and [[United Press International]] polls both put Bradley on the [[Reserve team|second team]], establishing him as the top sophomore player in the country;<ref>{{cite news |title=Heyman of Duke Tops All-Star Fives |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/03/01/archives/heyman-of-duke-tops-allstar-fives-4-players-named-to-both-quintets.html |work=The New York Times |date=March 1, 1963 |page=16}}</ref> Bradley also hit .316 as a first baseman for the baseball team.{{r|mann19660207}} The following year ''The Sporting News'' again named him to its All-American team as its only junior, and as its player of the year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bradley of Princeton Tops All-America Basketball List |work=The New York Times|date=February 23, 1964 |author=UPI |page=S6|author-link=United Press International}}</ref> At the Olympic basketball trials in April 1964, Bradley played guard instead of his usual forward position but was still a top performer.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bradley of Princeton (at Guard) Sets Pace in Olympic Tryouts |author=White, Gordon S. |work=The New York Times |date=April 4, 1964 |page=21}}</ref>{{r|gelman196501}} He was one of three chosen unanimously for the Olympic team, the youngest chosen, and the only undergraduate. The Olympic team won its sixth consecutive gold medal.{{r|mcphee}}

As a senior and team captain<ref>{{cite news |title=Princeton's Five Elects Bradley |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/04/10/archives/princetons-five-elects-bradley-tiger-allamerica-forward-chosen-team.html |work=The New York Times |date=April 10, 1964 |page=47}}</ref> in the 1964–1965 season, Bradley became a [[Celebrity|household name]].{{r|mann19660207}} Only the third tallest on his team,{{r|mcphee}} but called "easily the No. 1 player in college basketball today",{{r|gelman196501}} "the best amateur basketball player in the United States", and "The White [[Oscar Robertson]]",{{r|mcphee}} he scored 41 points before fouling out of the game in an 80–78 loss to [[Michigan Wolverines men's basketball|Michigan]]{{r|mann19660207}} and their star player [[Cazzie Russell]] in the 1964 ECAC Holiday Basketball semi-final at Madison Square Garden, then led Princeton to the [[1965 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA Final Four]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2006/12/13/16976 |title=No. 1: Bill Bradley '65 |newspaper=The Daily Princetonian |access-date=January 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517232402/http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2006/12/13/16976/ |archive-date=May 17, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> after defeating heavy favorite [[Providence Friars men's basketball|Providence]] and [[Jimmy Walker (basketball, born 1944)|Jimmy Walker]] by 40 points.{{r|mann19660207}} The team then lost to Michigan in the semifinals, but Bradley scored a record 58 points in the consolation game to lead the team to victory against [[Wichita State Shockers men's basketball|Wichita State]] and earn himself the Final Four MVP.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsandhonors.com/award/ncaa_basketball_tournament_mvp_men.html |title=Web Page Under Construction |access-date=December 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707201523/http://www.awardsandhonors.com/award/ncaa_basketball_tournament_mvp_men.html |archive-date=July 7, 2011 }}</ref> In total, Bradley scored 2,503 points at Princeton, averaging 30.2 points per game. He was awarded the 1965 [[James E. Sullivan Award]], presented annually to the United States' top amateur athlete, the first basketball player to win the honor,<ref name=sullivan>{{cite news |title=Sullivan Award Is Voted to Bill Bradley |author=McGowen, Deane |work=The New York Times |date=January 30, 1966 |access-date=July 31, 2009 |page=S1 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/01/30/archives/sullivan-award-is-voted-to-bill-bradley-becomes-first-basketball.html?scp=1}}</ref> and the second Princeton student to win the award, after [[Track and field athletics|runner]] [[Bill Bonthron]] in 1934.<ref name=sullivan/>

Bradley holds a number of Ivy League career records, including total and average points (1,253/29.83, respectively), and [[free throws]] made and attempted (409/468, 87.4%).<ref name=ivyleague>{{cite web |url=http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/mbbrecord.asp |title=Ivy League Sports: Career Marks |access-date=August 3, 2009 |publisher=Council of Ivy Group Presidents |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080306023551/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/mbbrecord.asp |archive-date = March 6, 2008}}</ref> Ivy League season records he holds similarly include total and average points (464/33.14, 1964) and most free throws made (153 in 170 attempts, 90.0%, 1962–1963).<ref name=ivyleague/> HeBradley also holds the career point record at Princeton and many other school records, including the top ten slots in the category of total points scored in a game,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.princetonbasketball.com/blog/?cat=24 |title=Princeton Player Records |date=October 11, 2008 |access-date=August 3, 2009 |publisher=Princetonbasketball.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719161123/http://www.princetonbasketball.com/?cat=24|archive-date=July 19, 2017 }}</ref> but likely could have scored many more points if he had not insisted so often on passing the ball, in what his coaches called "Bradley's hope passes", to inferior teammates closer to the basket; he only emphasized his own scoring when Princeton was behind{{r|mcphee}}{{rp|46}} or, as during the Wichita State game, his teammates forced Bradley to shoot by returning passes to him.{{r|mann19660207}} Van Breda Kolff often encouraged Bradley to be more of a "one on one" player, stating that "Bill is not hungry. At least ninety percent of the time, when he gets the ball, he is looking for a pass."{{r|mcphee}}{{rp|46}}

Van BredaThe Kolffcoach described Bradley as "not the most physical player. Others can run faster and jump higher. The difference&nbsp;... is self-discipline."{{r|mcphee}} AtAfraid that he was not qualified for Princeton, Bradley recalled that after almost failing freshman French and biology, he "just lived in the library".{{r|gellman19991213}} Bradley had three to four hours of classes and four hours of basketball practice daily, studied an average of seven hours each weekday, and up to 24 more hours each weekend,{{r|gelman196501}} frequently spoke for the [[Fellowship of Christian Athletes]] around the country, and taught Sunday school at the [[Nassau Presbyterian Church|local Presbyterian Church]]. When practicing he did not move from a location on the court unless he made at least ten of 13 shots, and could detect whether a basket was an inch too low from the regulation ten feet.{{r|mcphee}} Bradley took losses personally, outraged when other freshman players laughed and joked after a loss. His only criticism of childhood hero [[Wilt Chamberlain]] was that Chamberlain lacked a [[killer instinct]].{{r|gellman19991213}}

ImprovingOthers fromnoted that Bradley seemed to lack enemies despite great athletic, academic, and social success. Classmate [[Larry Lucchino]] described Bradley as having an "aura ... of near-idolatry". All 15 [[Princeton University eating clubs]] asked him to join;{{r|gellman19991213}} Bradley chose [[Cottage Club]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=About the Cottage Club|url=https://www.cottageclub.net/about-cottage-club|access-date=January 3, 2021|website=University Cottage Club}}</ref> Fans shouted "Don't touch God!" when opposing players' bodies hit his on court. Roommates helped answer dozens of letters each week asking for autographs, mementos, and public appearances.{{r|gellman19991213}} Each year improving from mediocre freshman grades, Bradley graduated ''[[magna cum laude]]''{{r|kabaservice20000127}} after writing his [[senior thesis]] about [[Harry S. Truman]]'s [[Electoral history of Harry S. Truman|1940 United States Senate campaign]],{{r|mann19660207}} titled "On That Record I Stand",<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Bradley |first=William Warren Jr. |title="On That Record I Stand" – Harry S. Truman's Fight for the Senatorship in 1940 |date=1965 |degree=History |publisher=Princeton University |url=https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/dsp01cc08hg870}}</ref><ref name=athlete>{{cite news |title=Athletes Prospering in Political Arena |authorurl=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/09/archives/athletes-prospering-in-political-arena-athletes-prospering-in-a.html |last1=Amdur, |first1=Neil |date=November 9, 1978 |work=The New York Times |page=B9}}</ref> and received a [[Rhodes Scholarship]] at [[Worcester College, Oxford]]. At Princeton, Bradley was taught by [[John William Ward (professor)|John William Ward]]. Bradley was a member of [[University Cottage Club]] while he was a student at Princeton.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About the Cottage Club|url=https://www.cottageclub.net/about-cottage-club|access-date=January 3, 2021|website=University Cottage Club}}</ref> His tenureyears at Princeton was the subject of [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning author [[John McPhee]]'s January 23, 1965, article "[[A Sense of Where You Are]]" in ''[[The New Yorker]]'', which McPhee expanded into a book of the same name. The title came from Bradley's explanation for his ability to repeatedly throw a basketball over his shoulder and into the basket while looking away from it.<ref name="mcphee">{{cite book

Bradley's graduation year, 1965, was the last year that the [[National Basketball Association|NBA's]] [[NBA territorial pick|territorial rule]] was in effect, which gave professional teams first rights to [[draft (sports)|draft]] players who attended college within 50 miles of the team.<ref name=draft>{{cite news |title=Sports of The Times: Lost in a Draft |authorurl=https://www.nytimes.com/1965/05/19/archives/sports-of-the-times-lost-in-a-draft.html |last1=Daley, |first1=Arthur |author-link=Arthur Daley (sportswriter) |work=The New York Times |date=May 19, 1965 |page=57}}</ref> The [[New York Knicks]]—one mile closer to Princeton than the [[Philadelphia 76ers]]{{r|mcphee}}—drafted Bradley as a territorial pick in the [[1965 NBA draft|1965 draft]], but he did not sign a contract with the team immediately.<ref name=draft/><ref>{{cite news |title=New Hope for the Knickerbockers |author=Elderkin, Phil |work=[[The Christian Science Monitor]]|date=November 25, 1964 |page=16}}</ref> While studying [[Politics, Philosophy, and Economics]] (PPE) at Oxford, he commuted to Italy to play professional basketball for [[Olimpia Milano]], then called Simmenthal, during the 1965–66 season,<ref name=mann19660207>{{cite news|last=Mann|first=Jack|title=Just A Guy At Oxford|url=http://cnnsi.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?expire=&title=At+Princeton%2C+Basketball+Star+Bill+Bradley+learned+to+-+02.07.66+-+SI+Vault&urlID=410680567&action=cpt&partnerID=289881&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsportsillustrated.cnn.com%2Fvault%2Farticle%2Fmagazine%2FMAG1078183%2F4%2Findex.htm%23|access-date=February 17, 2011|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|date=February 7, 1966}}</ref> where the team won a [[1965–66 FIBA European Champions Cup|European Champions Cup]] (predecessor to the modern [[EuroLeague]]).<ref>[http://www.euroleague.net/final-four/london-2013/main-page/i/112584/7980 An Oxford scholar turned European champion]. Euroleague.net.</ref> Bradley was also a member of the [[Oxford University Men's Basketball|Oxford University Basketball Club]] and helped lead the [[Oxford University Men's Basketball|men's basketball team]] to back-to-back British University Sports Federation (B.U.S.F.) championships in 1965 and 1966 and the [[English National Cup (basketball)|Amateur Basketball Association (A.B.B.A.) National Championship]] in 1966.

Bradley joined the New York Knicks in December 1967, having missed the preseason and several weeks of the [[1967–68 NBA season|1967–1968 season]]. He was placed in the backcourt, although he had spent his high school and college careers as a [[forward (basketball)|forward]]. Neither he nor the team did well, and in the following season, he was returned to the forward slot.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sports of The Times: It Still Was a Good Year |authorurl=https://www.nytimes.com/1968/04/03/archives/sports-of-the-times-it-still-was-a-good-year.html |last1=Daley, |first1=Arthur |work=The New York Times |date=April 3, 1968 |page=54}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bradley Gives Knicks a Forward Look |authorurl=https://www.nytimes.com/1968/11/30/archives/bradley-gives-knicks-a-forward-look.html |last1=Koppett |first1=Leonard |date=November 30, 1968 |work=The New York Times |page=56}}</ref> Then, in his [[1969–70 NBA season|third season]], the Knicks won their first NBA championship, followed by the second in the [[1972–73 NBA season|1972–73 season]], when he made the only [[NBA All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] appearance of his career.<ref name=bbr>{{cite web |title=Bill Bradley NBA & ABA Basketball Statistics |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/bradlbi01.html | publisherwebsite=[[Basketball-reference.com Reference]] |access-datepublisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=SeptemberJune 815, 20092024}}</ref> Over 742 NBA games – all with the Knicks – Bradley scored a total of 9,217 points, an average of 12.4 points per game, and averaged 3.4 assists per game. His best season scoring average was 16.1 points per game in the 1972–73 season, during which he also averaged a career-best 4.5 assists per game.<ref name=bbr/> As in college Bradley was an aggressive player, pushing and shoving to intimidate and distract opponents.{{r|gellman19991213}}

During his NBA career, Bradley used his fame on the court to explore social as well as political issues, meeting with journalists, government officials, academics, businesspeople, and social activists. He also worked as an assistant to the director of the Office of Economic Opportunity in Washington, D.C., and as a teacher in the street academies of [[Harlem]].<ref name=phillips/> In 1976, he also became an author by publishing ''Life on the Run''. Using a 20-day stretch of time during one season as the main focus of the book, he chronicled his experiences in the NBA and the people he met along the way. HeBradley noted in the book that he had initially signed only a four-year contract, andwrote that he was uncomfortable using his celebrity status to earn extra money endorsing products as other players did.<ref name=broyard19760420>{{cite news |title=Books of The Times: Moving Without The Ball |author=Broyard, Anatole |date=April 20, 1976 |access-date=September 9, 2009 |work=The New York Times |page=57 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/04/20/archives/books-of-the-times-moving-without-the-ball.html}}</ref>

Retiring from basketball in 1977, he was elected to the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] in 1983, along with teammate [[Dave DeBusschere]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bradley, DeBusschere Join Hall of Fame |authorurl=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/20/sports/bradley-debusschere-join-hall-of-fame.html |last1=Dupont, |first1=Kevin |date=February 20, 1983 |work=The New York Times |page=S3}}</ref> In 1984, the Knicks retired his number 24 jersey; he was the fourth player so honored by the Knicks, after [[Willis Reed]], [[Walt Frazier]], and DeBusschere.<ref>{{cite news |title=Knicks Beat Nets As King Scores 32 |authorurl=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/19/sports/knicks-beat-nets-as-king-scores-32.html |last1=Goldaper, |first1=Sam |date=February 19, 1984 |work=The New York Times |page=S1}}</ref> He is one of only two players, along with [[Manu Ginóbili]], to have won a EuroLeague title, an NBA championship, and an Olympic gold medal.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gancedo |first1=Javier |title=An Oxford scholar turned European champion |url=http://www.euroleague.net/final-four/london-2013/news/i/112584/an-oxford-scholar-turned-european-champion |website=EuroLeague.net |access-date=September 26, 2018 |date=April 23, 2013 |quote=He was the first player to win the Euroleague, Olympics and NBA titles – something that only Manu Ginobili has managed to achieve after him.}}</ref>

Politics was a frequent subject of discussion in the Bradley household, and some of his relatives held local and county political offices. He majored in history at Princeton and was present in the [[United States Senate|Senate]] chamber when the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] was passed. [[Butch van Breda Kolff|Van Breda Kolff]] and many others who knew him predicted that Bradley would be [[Governor of Missouri]], or president, by 40.{{r|mcphee}}{{rp|42}} HeHis spentRhodes hisapplication timestated at"I Oxfordcan focusingbest onserve Europeanmankind politicalas anda economic historypolitician".<ref{{r|gellman19991213}} name=phillips/>Bradley Inspent 1978,his hetime saidat thatOxford congressman [[Mo Udall]], himself a former professional basketball player, had told him ten years earlier that professional sports could help prepare him for politics, dependingfocusing on whatEuropean hepolitical didand witheconomic his non-playing timehistory.<ref name=athletephillips/>

After four years of political campaigning for Democratic candidates around New Jersey, Bradley decided in the summer of 1977 to runretire forfrom the SenateKnicks himself,and coincidingrun within histhe retirement[[1978 fromUnited theStates KnicksSenate election in New Jersey]]. He felt his time had been well-spent in "paying his dues". The seat was held by [[Rockefeller Republican|liberal Republican]] and four-term incumbent [[Clifford P. Case]]. Case lost the Republican primary to anti-tax [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] [[Jeff Bell (politician)|Jeffrey Bell]], who, like Bradley, was 34 years old as the campaign season began.<ref name=phillips/> Bradley won the seat in the [[1978 United States Senate election in New Jersey|general election]] with about 56% of the vote.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jersey Democrats Contend Bradley Will Mean 'Big Plus' for the State |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/09/archives/jersey-democrats-contend-bradley-will-mean-big-plus-for-the-state.html |work=The New York Times |date=November 9, 1978 |page=B8}}</ref> During the campaign, [[Yale]] football player [[John Spagnola]] was Bradley's bodyguard and driver.<ref name=phillips/>

While he was a senator, Bradley walked the beaches from [[Cape May, New Jersey|Cape May]] to [[Sandy Hook, New Jersey|Sandy Hook]], a four-day, 127-mile trip each Labor Day weekend, to assess beach and ocean conditions and talk with constituents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Beach Assets |work=The New York Times |date=November 17, 1996 |access-date=July 23, 2009 |author=Bradley, Bill |author-link=Bill Bradley |page=38 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/17/nyregion/beach-assets.html?scp=1&sq=%22beach%20assets%22%20and%20%22bill%20bradley%22&st=cse}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Question for Bradley at the Beach / The Retiring Senator Took His Last Annual Shore Walk. But Everyone Wanted to Know if he Would Run |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=August 28, 1995 |author=O'Neill, James M.}}</ref> Bradley was criticized for neglecting constituent services while in office.<ref>{{cite newsr|last1=Levy|first1=Clifford|title=Bradley Says He Won't Seek 4th Term|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/17/nyregion/bradley-says-he-won-t-seek-4th-term.html?pagewanted=1|access-date=October 6, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 17, 1995broken}}</ref>

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