Edwin McDonald

Edwin McDonald
Personal information
Full name Edwin Patrick McDonald
Date of birth (1875-09-29)29 September 1875
Place of birth Nagambie, Victoria
Date of death 17 March 1919(1919-03-17) (aged 43)
Place of death Nagambie, Victoria
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1905 Essendon 1 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1905.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Edwin Patrick "Ted" McDonald (29 September 1875 – 17 March 1919) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

Parents

He was born on 29 September 1875 in Nagambie, Victoria. He was the son of Patrick McDonald (1852–1928)[2] and Margaret McDonald (1853–1928), née Figgins.[3]

Siblings

He was one of five boys and three girls. Two of his brothers also played VFL football: Arch McDonald with Essendon, and Fen McDonald with both Carlton and Melbourne.

Fen enlisted in the First Australian Imperial Force (AIF), and was killed in action during the landing at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, in Turkey on 25 April 1915. Another brother, Stanley David McDonald (1888–1945), also served in the First AIF, enlisting on 20 May 1915, before the news of Fen's death had reached his family.[4]

Wife

He married Mary Ann Vaughan (1872–1940) in 1898.[5]

Football

Ted and his younger brother, Arch, played together in their only game with the Essendon First XVIII: the last match of the season, against Fitzroy, at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground, on 9 September 1905.[6][7]

The Nagambie Hotel

From 1904, until his death in 1919, he was the owner and licensee of The Nagambie Hotel.[8]

Death

He died at Nagambie on 17 March 1919.[9][10]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 572. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ Deaths: McDonald, The Argus, (Thursday, 8 November 1928), p.1.
  3. ^ Deaths: McDonald, The Argus, (Saturday, 14 January 1928), p.13.
  4. ^ Australian War Memorial Photograph: Private Stanley McDonald (1769); World War I Service Record: Stanley McDonald (1769).
  5. ^ Deaths: McDonald, The Argus, (Monday, 24 June 1940), p.4.
  6. ^ League Matches: Fitzroy (11.14) beat Essendon (4.13), The Age, (Monday, 11 September 1905), p.9.
  7. ^ Fitzroy in Fine Form, The Australasian, (Saturday, 16 September 1905), p.21.
  8. ^ Goulburn Valley, The Benalla Standard, (Tuesday, 22 November 1904), p.2; Deprivation Sitting of the Licensing Court: The Nagambie Hotel, The Nagambie Times, (Friday, 27 July 1917), p.3.
  9. ^ Deaths: McDonald, The Argus, (Wednesday, 19 March 1919), p.1. The Broadford Courier, (Friday, 21 March 1919), p.2.
  10. ^ Wills and Estates, The Argus, (Thursday, 10 April 1919), p.6.

References

  • Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
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