Don Bradman Age, Wiki and Bio

Don Bradman

Quick Info

ProfessionCricketer
NationalityAustralian
Date of Birth27/08/1908
Age92 years (died on 25, Feb, 2001)
BirthplaceCootamundra, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death25/02/2001

Bio/Wiki

Full NameDonald George Bradman
Nicknames
  • The Don
  • The Boy from Bowral
  • Braddles
  • The White Headley
Zodiac sign/Sun signVirgo
HometownCootamundra, New South Wales, Australia
SchoolBowral High School, New South Wales, Australia
College/UniversityDid Not Attend
ReligionChristianity
EthnicityEnglish and Italian
Food HabitNon-Vegetarian
Hobbies
  • Playing Tennis
  • Singing
  • Playing the Piano
  • Listening to Music

Physical Stats & More

Height173 cm

Personal Life

Date of Death25/02/2001
Place of DeathKensington Park, South Australia, Australia

Relationships & More

Marital StatusMarried
Affairs/GirlfriendsJessie Martha Menzies
Marriage Date30/04/1932

Family

Wife/SpouseJessie Martha Menzies
Children
  • First son: Died as an infant in 1936
  • Second Son: John Bradman (Born: 1939)
  • Daughter: Shirley Bradman (Born: 1941)
FatherGeorge Bradman
MotherEmily Bradman
Siblings
BrotherVictor Bradman
Sisters
  • Elizabeth May Bradman
  • Lilian Bradman
  • Islet Bradman

Career

International Debut
Test30/11/1928 against England
First Class1927 for New South Wales against South Australia
Cap Number124
Domestic/State Team
  • New South Wales (1927-34)
  • South Australia (1935-49)
Favourite Shots
  • Pull Shot
  • Straight Drive
Records
  • Highest career batting average (minimum 20 innings): 99.94
  • Highest ratio of centuries per innings played: 36.25% (29 centuries from 80 innings)
  • Highest ratio of double centuries per innings played: 15.0% (12 double centuries from 80 innings)
  • Highest score by a number 7 batsman: 270 (1936–37)
  • Most runs against one opponent: 5,028 (v England)
  • Most runs in one series: 974 (1930)
  • First batsman in Test history to score 2 triple centuries
Awards, Honours, Achievements
  • The Knight Bachelor (1949)
  • Companion of the Order of Australia (16 June 1979)
Career Turning PointWhen he debuted in First Class cricket at the age of 19 and scored 118 runs.

Favourites

Favourite Cricketers
BatsmanSachin Tendulkar
BowlerShane Warne
Favourite Cricket GroundSydney Cricket Ground

Some Lesser Known Facts

Don Bradman's smoking habits are not known.
Don Bradman consumed alcohol.
His great-grandparents were Italian immigrants who arrived in Australia in 1826.
His grandfather, Charles Andrew Bradman, emigrated from Wethersfield, England to Australia.
Don Bradman did not receive any formal coaching for cricket and learned his skills using a golf ball.
At a young age, he watched a cricket match at the Sydney Cricket Ground and expressed his desire to play there one day.
At 12 years old, he scored an unbeaten 115 runs for Bowral Public School against Mittagong High School.
He briefly quit cricket to pursue tennis in 1922 but returned to cricket in 1925.

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