Tom Bradley
Tom Bradley
The first African-American mayor of Los Angeles, California, an office which he held from 1973 to 1993. He had the longest tenure of any mayor in the city's history before the city passed established term limits in 1990.
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 December 1917
CityCalvert, TX
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They might be the best team in the history of football, but not today.
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People cut themselves off from their ties of the old life when they come to Los Angeles. They are looking for a place where they can be free, where they can do things they couldn't do anywhere else.
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I've never been around a football player like him. He'll be on the sideline, and he'll say to me, 'May I ask you a question?' And then he'll cross that sideline, and he's completely different. It's like the Twilight Zone.
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Sometimes I don't even know what coverage we're in. But it worked.
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Selfishly, I'd love to have him back. It's been a long time since I've been around a kid like him. Whatever it is, he's got it.
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I am prepared to pass the torch to new leadership,
bigger corners
He's one of the bigger corners we've had.
running unless
He's not running as well as he used to. Unless it's after an official.
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A loving, caring teacher took a liking to me. She noticed the potential and wanted to help shape it.