Talking about his family life, Sir Don Bradman got married to Jessie Martha Menzies in 1932, who he first met in 1920. He credited his achievements to his wife. They had three children. Their first-born son died as an infant in 1936, their second son, John (born in 1939) contracted polio, and their daughter, Shirley, born in 1941, had cerebral palsy since her birth. John Bradman changed his last name to Bradsen in 1972 since he found it hard to live up to the surname. He later agreed to get back to his original surname.