Photo: State Library of South Australia from Australia / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Don Bradman is the rare athlete whose dominance is best understood through arithmetic. Even knowing little about cricket, I find his numbers genuinely staggering, the kind of statistical outlier that makes you question whether the sport had been measured correctly until he arrived. A slight man from Cootamundra, knighted and treated as a national treasure, he became shorthand for greatness itself. What I appreciate is how cleanly his legend transcends the game; you do not need to follow cricket to grasp that one person can so thoroughly own a discipline. Decades after his death in 2001, the record still stands untouched.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Don Bradman
- Name (Japanese)
- ドナルド・ブラッドマン
- Reading
- どなるど・ぶらっどまん
- Born
- August 27, 1908 – February 25, 2001
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Monkey
- Origin
- Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 173 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- cricketer / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Bowral High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1985 Sport Australia Hall of Fame
- 1931 Wisden Cricketer of the Year
- 1949 Knight Bachelor
- 2001 Australian Sports Medal
- 1979 Companion of the Order of Australia
- Australian National Living Treasure
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Don Bradman born?
August 27, 1908 – February 25, 2001.
Where is Don Bradman from?
Don Bradman is from Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia.
What does Don Bradman do?
Don Bradman works as cricketer, actor.
How tall is Don Bradman?
Don Bradman is 173 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-17
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.