His Dudeness
Cricket Spectator
Couldn't agree more. There's even a coefficient out there that puts him top, ahead of the baseballers, Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, and the likes of athletes such as Emil Zatopek and Ed Moses. That's why we have a word like Bradmanesque. Ruth (Ruthian) is the only other sportsperson, to my knowledge, who has inspired that degree of legitimate and justified adulation.The Don is the greatest sportsman the world has ever seen, in any sport. There is nowhere where the statistical gulf is so wide. Would be interesting to analyse this but the conclusion is obvious.
Interestingly, for us baseballicket fans, there's a pitcher called Jacob DeGrom who's having a Bradmanesque season as I write. Minds are being blown.