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Chronological
events of the Legend’s life Siblings:
Victor, Islet, Lilian, Elizabeth May, Family moved from Yeo Yeo, near
Hay, NSW, to Bowral, NSW, in 1911. Early
Life:
Attended Bowral Public School, Bowral Intermediate High School.
Left school in 1922 aged 14. Started work as clerk in Bowral Real Estate
Agency. Married:
Jessica (Jessie) Menzies (died 1997) April 30, 1932. Children:
Daughter Shirley; Son John. Moved to Adelaide in 1934, joined
stockbroking firm of Harry Hodgetts. Later, opened stockbroking firm Don
Bradman and Co, which closed in 1954. Service
career: RAAF, 1939-40,
AIF 1940 Honours:
Wisden Cricketer of the
Year 1931; Knighted 1949; 1979 Companion General Division of Order of
Australia (AC); 1985 Inducted Australian Sports Hall of Fame; 2000
Selected as one of five Wisden cricketers of the century. Published
books: Don Bradman’s
Book; How to play cricket; My Cricketing Life; Farewell to Cricket; The
Art of Cricket Recreations:
Cricket, tennis, billiards, golf, squash, piano Administration:
Chairman, Australian Board of Control, 1960-1963 and 1969-1972. President,
South Australian Cricket Association, 1965-1973(Trustee until 1986) Died:
February 25, 2001, Adelaide. |