Happy 100th Birthday Sir Donald Bradman

[OzBomber]

Of course, it's the great man's birthday tomorrow.

Sir Donald Bradman would've turned 100 tomorrow if he was still alive.

There are going to be many events all around Australia to celebrate the life of Australia's greatest cricketer. There will also be an address from Ricky Ponting.

Happy Birthday Sir Don, you are the greatest. :thumbsu:

[Adrian Shelton]

Guess that makes 118 centuries now :)

[bushranger58]

He's dead so what's the point. Yer good at cricket but bad as a communicator. My now dead Father inlaw said that he once saw him and went over to introduce himself to him. But he just got a complete knock back. He said that he was the most arrogant man he has ever lat eyes on.
Now please dont shot the messanger, as this is what he told me actually happened.

[drew_j]

What a perfect oportunity for the gutter journos to drag out Sam Loxton again.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24249262-11088,00.html

[Cotchin 9]

There is something on the Don now on abc2 for those interested.

[rusdid24]

There is something on the Don now on abc2 for those interested.

Watched it, a big :thumbsu:

Could watch stuff about The Great Man all day long.

[Belnakor]

Look at this absolute shit from crikey today. i think this guy needs to get back to his chardonnay and talking about how the lesser folk don't appreciate the finer points of life.


There’s no escape from Don Bradman. First it was the 99.94th anniversary, now the 100th. What next -- a Bradman public holiday? He’s the closest thing Australia has to a secular deity -- complete with holy relics.

Quite how Australians continue to find inspiration and interest in Bradman is, when properly considered, a mystery. He was, lest we forget, a sportsman -- a supernaturally-talented one, maybe, but worshipping someone like that is like worshipping a lottery winner. And despite his feats, he wasn’t playing in a major world sport. It’s not even as if his achievements provide much pleasure -- how many Australians would have watched footage of Bradman in action, let alone seen one of his innings? All we do is look at his numbers.

And perhaps it’s the 99.94 that does it. That unavoidable evidence of a mortality that could fell even a genius. Maybe, despite the veneration of Bradman, it was his falling just shy of 100 that makes him such a compelling figure for Australians. In any event, it says something, something not particularly good, about us that we so worship a bloke -- to the exclusion of so many others with so many other gifts of talent, intellect or learning -- whose chief claim to fame was to be good at knocking balls around a paddock.

[OzBomber]

Look at this absolute shit from crikey today. i think this guy needs to get back to his chardonnay and talking about how the lesser folk don't appreciate the finer points of life.Who is the ******** that wrote that? What a wanker.

Don Bradman averaged twice as much as anyone else back then, so it's ludicrous that people can question his ability. :thumbsd:

[LIONS then DAYLIGHT]

Don't let Ian Chappell see what Loxton said about sledging.

To be honest, how the **** did we disgarce ourselves after the SCG game, im still unsure but ill let that one through to the keeper.

[Belnakor]

Who is the ******** that wrote that? What a wanker.

Don Bradman averaged twice as much as anyone else back then, so it's ludicrous that people can question his ability. :thumbsd:

what really got my goat was comparing to winning the lottery. There was little about bradman that was gifted to him.