There was quite a discussion of who the best cricket player is or was. Undoubtedly this had to be the Don. Donald George Bradman was born on the 27th of February, 1908 in the small rural town of Cootamundra NSW which is south west of Sydney. Though he was born in Cootamundra he is commonly referred to the boy from Bowral because he grew up in the small town. He attended the bowral public school, then attending the Bowral high school. He left school in 1922 and worked for a real estate agent who gave him time off to play sports. Bradman gave up cricket for tennis for 2 years then resumed playing the game.