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CityViewNC .com | 27 "My father, my brother and I talked," Bradford said. "ey said, 'Take the baseball.'" As a senior first baseman, and with a freshman phenom from Fayetteville named Chris Cammack, Bradford and the Wolfpack would earn the school's first-ever appearance in the college World Series in Omaha, Nebraska in 1968. at would stand as the school's only appearance until 2013. Bradford got offers to play professionally, but by then he was the married father of two children. Besides, back then, a baseball contract was far from lucrative. "ings were different back then," Bradford said. "It wasn't about money. We were just playing and having fun." He came back home and took a job teaching and coaching. On the side, he had a series of vending machines that dispensed postage stamps. "I'd go Saturday and Sunday and pick up all the money and put the stamps in," he said. "When I was making more with the stamp machines than I was teaching, I decided it was time to leave teaching." He and Buzz Loyd would eventually go into the movie theater business, with the Bordeaux eater, only the second multi-screen theater in the state, and later a series of Bojangles restaurants. "In the middle of all that, we started building stuff, and it evolved from there," he said. Baseball, he figures, and sports in general, have been good to him. "I've formed lifelong relationships," he said. "N.C. State has a golf tournament that I still play in every year. ere wasn't ever any money in it. It was just enjoyable." 910.868.5131 | 3200 Cliffdale Road, Fayetteville, NC 28303 | www.fayacademy.org Fayetteville Academy Fayetteville Academy admits qualified students and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, or religion in the administration of admissions, educational policies, financial aid, athletic programs, or other activities. Preparing students for college and beyond CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE! CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE! NOW ENROLLING FOR THE 2020-21 SCHOOL YEAR! RANKED #1 IN THE NICHE.COM 2020 BEST PRIVATE K-12 SCHOOLS IN THE FAYETTEVILLE AREA The 25 members of the Class of 2020 were offered more than $2.7 million in college scholarships and grants. 76 percent of AP exams taken resulted in a score of 3 or higher. Chromebook and iPad programs | Grades 4-7 LEGO ® Robotics Team Middle/Upper School STEAM SmartLab ® | Lower School SmartLabs ® opening Fall 2020 More than $500,000 in need-based financial aid awarded annually to qualified applicants. JOIN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP! www.facebook.com/groups/fayettevillescityview

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