John Bradman, Shirley Bradman: Who Are Don Bradman’s Children And What Do They Do?

John Bradman and wife, Jessie Martha Menzies, got wedded on April 30, 1932 at at St Paul’s Anglican Church, Burwood, and went on to have two children- John Bradman and Shirley Bradman.

John Bradman
John Bradman, born in 1939, contracted polio disease. He is currently 83 years old.

John is a Jazz musician, a talent his daughter, Greta got from him.

John’s relationship with his father was strained and that made him legally change his name to John Bradsen in 1972.

After the death of Jessie in 1997 from cancer at the age of 88, John and his father reconciled, and John changed his last name back to Bradman.

He has three children named Nicholas, Greta, and Tom and grandchildren.

Shirley Bradman
Shirley Bradman, born in 1941, suffered from cerebral palsy from birth. She is currently 81 years old and not much information is revealed about her.

Both Sir Don and his late wife, Lady Jessie Bradman, were a huge part of their grandchildrens’ upbringing, including being daily after-school carers for Greta and her brother Tom.

Don Bradman was the world’s greatest cricketer who made 334—his first triple century—against England in the 1930 Ashes.

Bradman scored 309 of those runs on 11 July 1930, which remains as the highest number of runs scored by a single batsman in one day.

As a captain and administrator, Bradman was committed to attacking, entertaining cricket; he drew spectators in record numbers. He hated the constant adulation, however, and it affected how he dealt with others.

He died in 2001 at age 92.