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Carlos Bradley

American football player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ5041854 ↗
Source-derived summary

Carlos Bradley (born April 27, 1960) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for six seasons with the San Diego Chargers and Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 11th round (300th overall) of the 1981 NFL Draft. He played college football for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Bradley is currently working as head trainer at the Aquatic & Fitness Center in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. He is also a fitness consultant, and a health and wellness speaker for corporations.

Carlos is the President of the International Student Athlete Academy, a 501(c)(3) organization that has worked with student athletes for the last 30 years, academically and athletically. They help them become well rounded people, balancing their skill on both fields.

As a member, Bradley is often invited to travel with the NFL Alumni Association around the world entertaining and training troops.

After completing his football career Carlos went on to the world of bodybuilding and powerlifting. Becoming Mr.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Carlos Bradley” as american football player. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1960, 1981—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1960-04-27. The account is most persuasive where Carlos, Bradley and American can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as american football player. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5041854. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1960 and 1981.

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This entry incorporates text from “Carlos Bradley” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.