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Monday, October 17, 2005

Duck, Sir Donald?

There is a fantastic urban legend which has been around for years, but which I havent been able to verify at all.

First, the facts.

In 1931-32, Australia toured the United States. One of the places they stopped by was Hollywood.One of those people who MAY have watched the game was a prominent member of the Hollywood Cricket Club.

Now, speculation....

So enamoured by Sir Don Bradman was the prominent member that he named one of his creations after the master batsman. Some theories say that the name was a reference to the score Bradman made in that match.....

Urban Legend:

That is how Walt Disney named Donald Duck.

Google, of course, has nothing except people discussing this endlessly....

2 Comments:

Blogger Lahar said...

Well, Bradman DID score 10 ducks in 80 test innings- including, famously, in his last one!

7:44 PM  
Blogger Ravi said...

Have also heard this one. Sounds too improbable to be true.Check out my blog when you get time

12:49 PM  

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