What or who was Donald Duck named after?

sportsherald

An interesting theory is presented here: "Walt Disney once said, "remember, it all started with a mouse." But Disney's fling with cricket started with a duck. Literally! It is said that Walt Disney came up with the Donald Duck name for Mickey's friend after he heard that Donald Bradman got out for a duck in New York. The Australians were playing their third match against New York on July 16, 1932 and Donald Bradman made a duck. The Australians made 206 for 6 and the New Yorkers drew the match, a rarity on this tour. Just the week before, John Kieran wrote in NY Times - "According to evidence submitted by interested parties, Donald Bradman makes so many runs that the scorekeepers no longer go into the details choosing merely to ring a bell as he passes each century. He simply keeps hitting and running until some sensible person in the stands suggest a cup of tea, whereupon all hands break for tiffin with the score standing: All-England 358. Don Bradman 405 (not out)." Naturally then, when Donald Bradman, who had just been named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1931, got out for a duck, America was stunned. Pundits proclaimed "Donald took to cricket like duck to the water." They did not expect him to make a duck instead. It is therefore not surprising if Disney himself was taken by the thought of 'Donald' scoring a 'Duck'" -from http://www.dreamcricket.com/dreamcricket/news.hspl?nid=6696&ntid=4 A "duck" in cricket is to be dismissed as a batter with zero points: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_(cricket) Sep 18 12, 12:51 AM

Baloo55th

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_%28cricket%29 If it's a Wikipedia link, and it's got brackets in it, it must have the % signs in when you put it here. Copy it from the URL bar at the top when you're on the actual page, and they should magically appear here when you paste. Sep 18 12, 4:37 AM

gtho4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_(cricket) Sep 18 12, 8:51 AM