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What has Don Bradman done for the community?
The Bradman Foundation, a non-profit charitable trust, was established in 1987 with the full support of Sir Donald Bradman AC to promote cricket as a valuable cultural and sporting force within the community. The Foundation prides itself on being an advocate for playing the game as the game should be played.
What did Donald Bradman achieve?
Sir Donald George Bradman, AC (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), nicknamed “The Don”, was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradman’s career Test batting average of 99.94 has been cited as the greatest achievement by any sportsman in any major sport.
Was Donald Bradman really that good?
He was simply the best batsman and the most outstanding sportsman of all time. He was better at cricket than anybody else has been at any other sport. His Test batting average was 99.94, slightly better than his 95.14 in all matches, both more than 25 runs an innings ahead of the men in second place.
Why was Don Bradman successful?
Bradman transcended a game partly,maybe largely, because he was uncoached. One of the famous reasons for his unparalleled success lay in his formative years, when he invented a game in which he attempted to hit a golf ball with a cricket stump against a water tank in the yard at the back of the Bradman home.
What did Don Bradman do for a living?
Donald George (Don) Bradman (1908–2001) was worshipped as the most dominant batsman in cricket history and an Australian hero from the late 1920s until his retirement in 1949. For the next 40 years he led a relatively quiet existence as a businessman whose pleasures were family, golf, gardening, bridge and playing the piano.
What does the Bradman Foundation do?
The Foundation prides itself on being an advocate for playing the game as the game should be played. It collects and displays the heritage of the game while delivering Sir Donald Bradman’s commitment to the future of playing the game through the education and development of youth and within the wider community.
Did Don Bradman have any brothers or sisters?
Donald George Bradman was the youngest son of George and Emily (née Whatman) Bradman, and was born on 27 August 1908 at Cootamundra, New South Wales (NSW). He had a brother, Victor, and three sisters—Islet, Lilian and Elizabeth May. Bradman was of English heritage on both sides of his family.
When did Bradman become Companion of the Order of Australia?
Companion of the Order of Australia – 1979. Sir Donald George Bradman was an Australian cricketer hailed as the greatest Test batsman of all time. With an unbelievably high career Test batting average of 99.94, he figures among the greatest sportsmen to have played any major sport.