Richard ‘Bunny’ Bradfield

INDUCTED INTO THE BROCKVILLE & AREA HALL OF FAME JUNE 4, 1976.

BUNNY LOVED BASEBALL, AND HE HAD A KEEN INTEREST IN COACHING YOUNG PLAYERS. HE FOUNDED THE BROCKVILLE CONNIE MACKERS THAT IN 1966 BECAME THE BROCKVILLE BUNNIES. THE BUNNIES STORAGE AREA WAS THE TRUNK OF HIS CAR, INCLUDING BATS, BALLS, BASES, ETC. IN THE WINTER HE WOULD HOST HIS PLAYERS AS THEY GATHERED TO WATCH HOCKEY GAMES. RULING WITH AN IRON FIST, HE ALWAYS WANTED THE BUNNIES TO LOOK GOOD, DRESS WELL, AND HAVE THE BEST POSSIBLE EQUIPMENT, MUCH OF WHICH HE WOULD PURCHASE HIMSELF. THE BUNNIES WON THE CONNIE MAC LEAGUE 6 OF THE FIRST 8 EIGHT YEARS OF PLAY AND STILL RANK AMONG THE TOP TEAMS IN ONTARIO, QUEBEC AND NORTHERN NEW YORK TODAY.