Education
Brodhead attended Duke University where he played quarterback on the Duke Blue Devils football team
Brodhead attended Duke University where he played quarterback on the Duke Blue Devils football team
He was the athletic director at Louisiana State University (Louisiana State University) from 1982 to 1987. He is also the author of Sacked! The Dark Side of Sports at Louisiana State University ()
During that time he led the Blue Devils to the 1958 Orange Bowl and shared the quarterback position with Sonny Jurgensen. Brodhead was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in 1958 but went on active duty in the armed services before being able to join the Browns.
After his discharge, he played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (Canadian Football League) in 1959, as backup to Don Allard.
In 1960 he signed with the upstart Buffalo Bills of the fledgling American Football League (American Federation of Labor-Congress). He played one season, in 1960, for the Bills, starting one game before having a brief stint with the CFLs" Edmonton Eskimos.
In 1961 he embarked on a career in minor league football with the Canton Bulldogs and Cleveland Bulldogs in the United Football League and then, in 1965 and 1966 with the Philadelphia Bulldogs of the Continental Football League. Brodhead was elected to the Minor League Football Hall of Fame for his career with the Canton/Cleveland/Philadelphia Bulldogs.
Brodhead remained with the Browns until 1970, when he was named general manager of the Houston Oilers.
He later became the Chief Financial Officer of the Miami Dolphins before heading to Louisiana State University as athletic director (AD) in 1981. His tenure at Louisiana State University was highly successful on the field and controversial off the field He later was a radio personality in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and for a time the AD at Southeastern Louisiana University.