TitleSir
Name:Donald
Surname:Bradman
Nationality:AUS  Australia
Date of Birth:27/08/1908
Died:25/02/2001
Function:Player
 
Biography:
Don Bradman was the youngest of five children. He had one brother and three sisters. His parents were George and Emily Bradman. After his first few years in Cootamundra in country NSW, his parents moved the family to Bowral, around 1910, in the Southern Highlands of NSW. He later became known the 'Boy from Bowral' even though he wasn't born there. His schooling was at Bowral Intermediate High School. The Don's father and family were keen cricketer's and he was exposed to the game from a young age. Young Donald honed his cricketing skills by throwing a golf ball against a small brick wall and hitting it on the rebound with a cricket stump. If anyone has tried this they will realise it is no easy feat. Perhaps this is where he trained his eye for his future career as the world's greatest batsman. That particular tale is now Australian folklore and so is the story of the time when his father took young Don to the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1921 to watch a Test Match. Don said to his father "I shall never be satisfied until I play on this ground". Don Bradman played his first cricket match at age 11 in Bowral. He scored 55 runs and the oval on which he played is now called 'Bradman Oval'. Adjoining the oval is The Bradman Museum. Don scored his first century at age 12 and he never looked back.
 
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