Bud Bradley (2007) - USC Athletics Hall of Fame

Bud Bradley

Induction:
2007
Class:
1958

Foster “Bud” Bradley was among the nation’s top amateur golfers throughout his life. He won the U.S. Junior Amateur championship in 1954, beating future USC teammate and pro legend Al Geiberger in the final match. Then, he was an All-American second teamer 3 consecutive years (1956-58) as a Trojan, helping his team to a third place finish at the NCAA tourney in 1958. After USC, he became a stockbroker, but continued to play as an amateur. Among his titles: he won the Senior British Amateur in 1997 and the Senior Canadian Amateur in 2000, as well as the 1991 and 1992 SCGA Senior Amateur. He was inducted into the Southern California Golf Hall of Fame in 2025. He died on March 12, 2017, at age 80.