Why Bradman reigns as greatest ever sportsman
There will never be another Don Bradman, but that will not stop the quest to find one, Stephen Brenkley writes in the Independent .
George Binoy
25-Feb-2013
There will never be another Don Bradman, but that will not stop the quest to find one, Stephen Brenkley writes in the Independent.
It is irksome that Bradman will always stand alone, of course, because, as Bolt showed so marvellously, we want to improve on those who came before without at all deriding their achievements. That is the fun. But all studies of Bradman – and they are by now countless – point to his uniqueness.
Bradman’s hero status was not restricted to sport and Corrie Perkin, the Australian’s national arts writer, looks at the events that will mark the centenary of his birth on Wednesday.
Following a plaque unveiling at the Bowral Primary School where the cricket legend used the bell-post as a makeshift wicket, students will walk to the Bradman Oval and form a giant human "100" on the grass. They will then sing Happy Birthday and Our Don Bradman before tucking into birthday cake.
George Binoy is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo