Everett Lewis Bradley (May 19, 1897 – July 25, 1969) was an American athlete. In 1920 he qualified for the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (; Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German: ''Antwerpen 1920''), were an international multi-sport event held i ...

pentathlon A pentathlon is a contest featuring five events. The name is derived from Greek language, Greek: combining the words ''pente'' (five) and -''athlon'' (competition) (). The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Anci ...

and

decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄ ...

; he competed only in the pentathlon and won a silver medal. Bradley graduated in geology from the

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Two branch campuses are in the Kansas City metropolitan area on the Kansas side: the university's medical school and hospital ...

and later worked for an oil producing company, becoming a wealthy man.

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1897 births 1969 deaths American pentathletes Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics American male decathletes 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-pentathlon-athletics-bio-stub