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'''Robert Graeme Pollock''', known as '''Graeme''', (born 27 February 1944 in [[Durban]], [[KwaZulu-Natal|Natal]], [[South Africa]]) was a national [[cricket]]er for [[South Africa]]. He played in 23 [[Test cricket|test matches]] for his [[country]].<br />
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He comes from a famous cricketing family,<ref name="cricpro"/><ref name="The real deal">{{cite web|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/128884.html|title=The real deal|date=16 July 2003|publisher=CricInfo|language=English|accessdate=2008-11-04}}</ref> Pollock is widely seen as South Africa's greatest cricketer,<ref name="century">{{cite web|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/87716.html|title=Pollock named South Africa's Player of the Century|last=Chesterfield|first=Trevor|date=3 January 2000|publisher=CricInfo|language=English|accessdate=2008-11-04}}</ref><ref name="different era">{{cite web|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/311705.html|title=Different era, same brilliance... Pt 2|last=Williamson|first=Martin|publisher=CricInfo|language=English|accessdate=2008-11-04}}</ref> and as one of the best [[left-handed]] [[Cricket#Batsman|batsmen]] to have played Test cricket.<ref name="cricpro" /><ref name="different era" /> <br />
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He won many [[award]]s, including:<br />
* South Africa's ''Cricketer of the 20th Century'' <ref name="century"/> (chosen in 1999)<br />
* One of Wisden's [[Wisden Cricketer of the Year|Cricketers of the Year]] <ref name="cricpro"/> (chosen in 1966)<br />
* [[Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World]] for 1967 and 1969 (chosen in 2007).<br />
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[[Donald Bradman]] said that Pollock and [[Garry Sobers|Sir Garfield Sobers]] were the best left-handers Bradman had ever seen play cricket.<ref name="cricpro">{{cite web|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/46772.html|title=Player Profile: Graeme Pollock|publisher=CricInfo|language=English|accessdate=2008-11-04}}</ref><br />
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