He was a left-handed pitcher for the Trinity College (now Duke University) baseball team in the Deadball Era.

[5] Its purpose was to promote Varsity and intramural athletics and to improve team sportsmanship and school spirit.

[7] The Trinity College "strikeout king" first gained recognition after he pitched three shutouts in eight days in April 1902, striking out forty-three batters and allowing a total of three hits.

After beginning the 1904 season pitching two no-hitters and on his way to a third, Bradsher took himself out with a cut finger in the eighth inning against Guilford.

[8] He threw with pinpoint control and led Trinity to the 1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) championship.. Bradsher won 13 games and lost only one while recording a 0.73 ERA.

Heisman was quoted in the Atlanta Constitution: “This young man is beyond all questioning the most prominent player of the season.

With most extraordinary ability as pitcher, he combines the advantages of being a good batter and base runner...And, I would have him captain of my team.

He has the bearing of a gentleman, the forbearance of a true sportsman, and the ideal temperament of the fighting athlete, ever determined, never dismayed, always strong with a persistent smile to help out.

[15] After graduation from Trinity College, it was reported by Ted Mann, the publicist for Duke University, that Bradsher turned down an offer to play professional baseball in the amount of $10,000.

In 1945, Bradsher retired from his position as vice president, at Imperial Tobacco in Montreal, Canada, to his 100-acre farm, Summerlea on the Neuse River near New Bern, North Carolina.