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  Donald Bradman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bradman so dominated the game that special bowling tactics, known as fast leg theory or Bodyline, regarded by many as unsporting and dangerous, were devised by England captain Douglas Jardine to reduce his dominance in a series of international matches against England in the Australian summer of 1932–1933.
Bradman was selected as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1931.
Bradman is immortalised in three popular songs of very different styles and eras, "Our Don Bradman", a jaunty 1930s ditty by Jack O'Hagan[2], "Bradman" by Paul Kelly in the 1980s, and in "Sir Don", an emotional tribute by Australian Singer John Williamson at Bradman's Memorial Service.
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 Donald Bradman
Sir Donald George Bradman (August 27, 1908 - February 25, 2001) was an Australian cricket player who is universally regarded as the greatest cricket player of all time, and one of Australia's greatest popular heroes.
The principal English exponent of bodyline was the Nottinghamshire pace bowler Harold Larwood, and the contest between Bradman and Larwood was to prove to be the focal point of the contest.
On the occasion of his last international innings, Bradman needed four runs to be able to retire with a batting average of 100, but was dismissed for nought (in cricketing parlance, "a duck") by spin bowler Eric Hollies[?].
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/do/Don_Bradman.html   (874 words)

  
 Donald - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Donald (Domnall, Domhnall, Dumhnuil, Dónall) is an anglicized version of a Scottish or Irish Gaelic personal name, containing the elements dumno "world" and val "rule", viz.
Donald Trump (born 1946), American business executive, founder and CEO of Trump Organization.
Donald Bradman (born 1908, died 2001), Australian cricketer, regarded as the best batsman ever.
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 ABC Online News - Latest Bulletin
Donald Bradman made his test debut in 1928 but began to impress the world in the tour of England in 1930.
Bradman's passing is being mourned by sportsmen and women across Australia.
Bradman inspires a new generation of cricket players at his old school.
www.abc.net.au /news/features/obits/bradman   (834 words)

  
 Profile of Donald Bradman - the Aussie Icon
Donald (Don) Bradman was born in 1908 in a small town, Bowral, (population 2000 people) near Sydney, Australia.
Bradman, is the only one to hold the maximum number of records, although most of them have been surpassed as years went on.
Sir Donald Bradman is the only Australian to be knighted for his contribution to cricket.
www.topendsports.com /sport/cricket/bradman-article.htm   (786 words)

  
 Cricket   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Bradman's ashes to be sprinkled in boyhood hometown
Bradman's hearse, escorted by six motorcycle police officers, left a funeral parlour on the fringe of the city for a 35-minute journey to a cemetery in Adelaide's southern suburbs.
Sydney, February 26: Sir Donald Bradman, who died Sunday aged 92, was idolised by generations of Australians as the greatest sportsman in the country's history but his latter years were plagued by people trying to cash in on his name.
www.hindustantimes.com /news/specials/donbradman/20010226news.shtml   (587 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Cricket - Australians dominate Bradman's best-ever XI - Monday August 13, 2001 09:28 AM
Bradman, who died in February at the age of 92, named a "Dream Team" in Perry's book, selected from all cricket-playing nations since the first test was played in 1877, the author said.
Bradman said in the book that Lillee had a superb leg-cutter and was capable of the most devastation against the best batsmen in the world.
Bradman had recalled that Lillee was formidable in taking eight wickets for 29 for Australia against a Rest of the World XI in Perth in December, 1971.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /cricket/news/2001/08/13/bradman_best   (719 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Cricket - Australian great Sir Donald Bradman dies at 92 - Monday February 26, 2001 10:08 PM
SYDNEY (Reuters) -- Sir Donald Bradman, the most prolific batsman in test cricket who died on Sunday aged 92, was idolized by generations of Australians as the greatest sportsman in the country's history.
During another interview, Bradman, who was knighted in 1949, talked about a game he invented as a boy which, unbeknown to him at the time, helped develop his phenomenal reflexes and timing.
Those lightning reflexes, which Bradman believed were enhanced by his insistence on using a lighter bat, were put to the severest test during the infamous "Bodyline" series against England in 1932-33.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /cricket/news/2001/02/25/bradman_dies_ap/index.html   (1639 words)

  
 Cricinfo - Sir Donald Bradman dies
Donald George Bradman was born at Cootamundra, New South Wales on 27 August 1908.
Bradman was selected to play for Australia at the age of twenty after just nine first-class appearances, making his Test debut against England in Brisbane in November 1928.
She died in 1997, Sir Donald describing their 65-year marriage as "the greatest partnership of my life." He was knighted in 1949 for services to cricket, and in 1979 was appointed a Commander of the Order of Australia (AC), the highest civilian honour than can be bestowed on an Australian in modern times.
www.icc-cricket.com /india/content/story/99665.html   (557 words)

  
 BookRags: Donald George Bradman, Sir Biography
Donald Bradman was born in Cootamundra, New South Wales, on August 27, 1908, the youngest child of a farmer/carpenter.
Bradman developed his batting by throwing a golf ball against a tank stand and playing it with a stump and his fielding by throwing a golf ball at the bottom rail of a fence.
Bradman's average in first class cricket was 95.14, and in test cricket it was 99.94, being only four runs short of a 100 average.
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 Sir Donald Bradman 1908 - 2001.
Bradman led the touring Australian 1948 side which did not lose a match in England and became known as The Invincibles, rated by many as the best-ever cricket side.
Howard said Sir Donald had been his hero since he was a young child and he had remained a hero to him all his life.
Sir Donald Bradman, the most prolific batsman in test cricket who died on Sunday aged 92, was idolized by generations of Australians as the greatest sportsman in the country's history.
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 Everything about Donald Bradman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Sir Donald 'Don' George Bradman, KBE, AC (August 27, 1908 – February 25, 2001) was an Australian cricket player who is universally regarded as the greatest batsman of all time, and one of Australia's greatest popular heroes.
Bradman so dominated the game that special bowling tactics, known as fast leg theory or Bodyline, regarded by many as unsporting and dangerous, were devised by England captain Douglas Jardine to reduce his dominance in a series of international matches against England in the Australian summer of 1932 - 1933.
John Bradman was the subject of a minor controversy when he changed his surname to Bradenham, which was the original family name, before legally changing it to Bradsen, in an attempt to avoid the publicity attached to the Bradman name.
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 Sir Donald Bradman 1908-2001
Sir Donald Bradman, the greatest Australian cricketer of all time, and in the eyes of many the greatest cricketer from any country, has died at the age of 92.
Sir Donald, who has reportedly been in failing health for some time, died on Sunday morning February 25 at his home in the Adelaide suburb of Kensington after a bout of pneumonia.
It says much for the universal respect for the late Sir Donald Bradman that only 15 minutes after the Auckland and Canterbury players heard of the great batsman's death yesterday they arranged their own tribute before starting the last day of their Shell Trophy match at Eden Park Outer Oval this morning.
www.homestead.com /ctcricket/files/Sir_Donald_Bradman__1908-2001.htm   (506 words)

  
 Sir Donald Bradman - Tribute to The Don
A champion performer both on and off the field, Sir Donald Bradman was known for his sportsmanship and his devotion to the spirit of cricket.
He so dominated the game that special bowling tactics, known as leg theory or Bodyline, regarded by many as unsporting and dangerous, were devised by England captain Douglas Jardine to reduce his dominance in a series of international matches (Ashes) against England in the Australian summer of 1932-33.
This biography of the cricketer, Donald Bradman, is based on exclusive and extensive interviews with him.
www.abcofcricket.com /Article_Library/art16/art16.htm   (980 words)

  
 CRICKETNEXT.COM NEWS ::: Bradman Foundation alleges fraud in awarding caps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The Bradman Foundation and the family of the Late Sir Donald Bradman, the greatest batsman cricket has seen till date, were shocked to learn that cricketers from different countries are being awarded ‘Bradman Presentation caps’.
The Bradman Foundation is the registered owner, and the applicant for registration, of a number of trade marks relating to the late Sir Donald Bradman in Australia, and in other countries in the world.
Sir Donald Bradman gave to The Bradman Foundation, as the trustee of the “Bradman Museum Trust”, the authority to use and authorise the use of, his name and likeness, including use which suggests endorsement, sponsorship, relationship and/or other association.
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 Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Sir Donald Bradman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Sir Donald Bradman of Australia was, beyond any argument, the greatest batsman who ever lived and the greatest cricketer of the 20th century.
Sir Donald George Bradman was, without any question, the greatest phenomenon in the history of cricket, indeed in the history of all ball games.
Bradman himself was of the opinion that there were other batsmen, contemporaries of his, who had the talent to be just as prolific as he was but lacked the concentration.
www.cricinfo.com /australia/content/player/4188.html   (1134 words)

  
 Don Bradman
Donald George Bradman was born on 27 August 1908 in the NSW country town of
Bradman was elected to the Australian Board of Control in August 1945, during a five-year hiatus from playing cricket due to severe muscular spasms.
Sir Donald Bradman died on 5 February 2001 at the age of 92.
www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au /articles/donbradman   (972 words)

  
 Don Bradman - Encyclopedia FunTrivia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Bradman's first wicket was Ivan Barrow(LBW) of West Indies and second wicket was the legendary English man Sir Walter Hammond, bowled.
Bradman scored 244 but was outscored by Ponsford who scored 266.
Donald Rumsfeld is reputed to have said, "There are two sorts of don't knows; the don't knows we know we don't know, and the don't knows we don't know we don't know.
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 Donald Bradman - Cricketer
Sir Donald Bradman has been touted the greatest batsman in the history of cricket.
He was recalled for the Third Test in which he scored 112 runs becoming the youngest player to score a century in the Test match.
In 1949 Sir Bradman was the first Australian knighted for cricket and spent many years after involved in the sport.
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 Sports Card World:  Tribute to Sir Donald Bradman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Bradman's first game of organized cricket was when he was eleven years of age, for his school at Glebe Park, Bowral.
Bradman is the only Australian cricketer who has twice scored a century and a duck in the same Test Match.
Bradman suffered from a series of debilitating illnesses including complete exhaustion during the Bodyline series and a recurring problem with fibrositis which eventually caused his discharge from the army in 1941.
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 Another Bradman hit - theage.com.au
Mulvaney, one of Bradman's closest friends until the Don's death last year, soon was in contact with the book's author, Roland Perry, who produced the letters from the late Sir Donald to authenticate his selected teams.
The Bradman Foundation, which runs the Bradman Museum in Bowral as well as acting to protect the integrity of Bradman's name, has accepted the thought that another book is to hit the streets.
Bradman received up to 400 letters a day in his heyday and responded to many of them.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/08/03/1028157861071.html   (727 words)

  
 Profile of Donald Bradman - the greatest cricketer of all time
Statue of Donald Bradman outside the Bradman Museum in Bowral.
Bradman was relegated to 12th man for the 2nd Test, but made amends in the 3rd Test in Melbourne, scoring his first Test century.
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.
www.topendsports.com /sport/cricket/profiles/bradman-donald.htm   (501 words)

  
 CNN.com In-Depth Specials - Bradman: Cricket's greatest legend
U.S. Sir Donald Bradman, the world's greatest cricketer, died aged 92 at his home in Adelaide, South Australia on February 25, 2001.
Though Bradman belonged to a bygone era and stopped playing half a century ago, his reputation inspired generations.
The Bradman legend was passed on from one generation to the next and his thoughts on the game were constantly sought after.
edition.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2001/bradman   (193 words)

  
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Bradman did not sense that his skills were remarkable; he had no basis of comparison and expected that his strike rate was probably much the same as many other boys would achieve.
Bradman, until the second innings of the second Test in Melbourne, had made a top score of only 36 in seven innings against the touring side.
Bradman had topped Australia's averages with what, in the circumstances, was a truly great 56.57.
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