He played defensive back with the Los Angeles Rams and Oakland Raiders, as well as the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Canadian Football League (CFL).
[2] He played college football at California Polytechnic State University and is a member of their athletic hall of fame (inducted 1988).
[4] After being selected 106th overall by the L.A. Rams in the 1954 NFL draft, Bravo would later go on to sign with the then-AFL's Oakland Raiders.
Bravo continued his involvement in sports, working as a football official and track and field starter into his late 80s.
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