Lee Michael Bradbury (born 3 July 1975) is an English football manager and former player who is a coach at EFL League Two club Port Vale.

A versatile player, he primarily played as a striker and scored 105 goals in 572 league and cup games in a 16-year professional career.

Bradbury joined the British Army upon leaving school at the age of 16 and served the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment in Northern Ireland.

[4] He was a key player for the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment and Warrant Officier Bob Jeffrey quipped that "his accuracy with a football is better than with a rifle".

[10] Contrary to reports that he bought himself out of the army, he was in fact given an honourable discharge after four and a half years of service to pursue his professional football career.

[14] Bradbury began suffering anxiety attacks and was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after witnessing the death of his friend Ryan McKinlay in a boating accident in June 2015.

[16] Bradbury started his professional career following a successful trial at Portsmouth after his army coach recommended him to the club.

He scored his first career hat-trick in a 4–2 home win over Barnsley on 22 April 1997 and was hailed as the discovery of the season by manager Terry Fenwick.

[27] He struggled to make an impact at Maine Road and by the following March he was devoid of confidence after being booed and jeered by City fans.

[29] He scored on the opening day of the 1998–99 season, though he was warned to improve his performances by manager Joe Royle, who maintained he still had faith in the young striker.

[31] On 23 October 1998, Bradbury was signed by Crystal Palace for £1.5 million, who were coached by Terry Venables until he was replaced by Steve Coppell in January.

[36] On 3 February 2001, Bradbury was sent off for stamping on Preston North End defender Colin Murdock in what manager Steve Claridge described as "a stupid thing to do".

[39] On 26 December 2002, Bradbury was loaned out to First Division rivals Sheffield Wednesday for one month after manager Chris Turner needed cover for the injured Lloyd Owusu.

[43] Portsmouth won promotion to the Premier League at the end of the 2002–03 season, though Bradbury did not feature for the club in the top flight.

However, he was taken off injured 74 minutes into his debut and manager George Burley requested that the Football League scrub his loan from the club's records.

[45] On 25 March 2004, Bradbury joined First Division Walsall on a free transfer, with manager Colin Lee seeing him as a target man to play off Jermaine McSporran.

[46] He scored one goal, against Derby County at Pride Park, in eight games for the club, which was not enough to prevent relegation into the third tier under the stewardship of Paul Merson.

[49][50] Rix was replaced by Ramón Díaz halfway through the 2004–05 season, though Bradbury remained as club captain he was playing as a midfielder.

[57] He left Roots Hall after asking manager Steve Tilson to let him join a club closer to his home on the South Coast.

[64] A change of fortune followed at Dean Court in the 2009–10 season, as Bournemouth secured promotion from League Two in second-place, with Bradbury making 49 appearances.

[78] Bradbury aimed to secure an immediate promotion by signing a squad full of locally based players such as Bradley Tarbuck and Jason Prior.

[80] Bradbury earned the Manager of the Year award for winning the league and signed a new two-year contract in April 2017.

[83] The Hawks played the 2017–18 season back in the National League South and won it at the first attempt, gaining promotion to the top tier of non-League football.

[84] He left the club by mutual consent on 22 April 2019 after relegation back to the National League South was confirmed with a 22nd-place finish in 2018–19.