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Bleakinleeds's avatar

Ian Chappell can certainly hold a grudge. I somewhat admire him for his persistence.

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Tony Taylor's avatar

Excellent article, Gideon.

I've always thought that Bradman was, as you say, a bit of an opportunist regarding his takeover of Hodgett's business, but I've not read anything which would ping him with evidence as a shonk. Heenan, Dunstan, Nason, etc have been able to weave entertaining yarns about Bradman's alleged shortcomings, but their critiques have never found much purchase in the court of public opinion, including the accusation Bradman was (if I recall correctly) autistic and that the Don was an FTB. When all is said and done though, most people assume he's just another sportsman who leveraged his ability with bat and ball into a career in business, and I suspect his "threshers" want to take Bradman down a peg because Howard took him up a peg.

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