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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]
| Edwin McDonald | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Edwin Patrick McDonald | ||
| Date of birth | 29 September 1875 | ||
| Place of birth | Nagambie, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 17 March 1919 (aged 43) | ||
| Place of death | Nagambie, Victoria | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1905 | Essendon | 1 (1) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1905. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family
Parents
The son of Patrick McDonald (1852–1928),[2] and Margaret McDonald (1853–1928), née Figgins,[3] Edwin Patrick McDonald, one of five boys and three girls, was born on 29 September 1875 in Nagambie, Victoria.
Siblings
Two of his brothers, Archibald William Campbell "Arch" McDonald (1882–1932), and Fenley John "Fen" McDonald (1891–1915) also played VFL football; Arch, with Essendon, and Fen with both Carlton and Melbourne.
Fen enlisted in the First 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
- List of Australian rules football families
Notes
- 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.
- Deaths: McDonald, The Argus, (Thursday, 8 November 1928), p.1.
- Deaths: McDonald, The Argus, (Saturday, 14 January 1928), p.13.
- Australian War Memorial Photograph: Private Stanley McDonald (1769); World War I Service Record: Stanley McDonald (1769).
- Deaths: McDonald, The Argus, (Monday, 24 June 1940), p.4.
- League Matches: Fitzroy (11.14) beat Essendon (4.13), The Age, (Monday, 11 September 1905), p.9.
- Fitzroy in Fine Form, The Australasian, (Saturday, 16 September 1905), p.21.
- 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.
- Deaths: McDonald, The Argus, (Wednesday, 19 March 1919), p.1. The Broadford Courier, (Friday, 21 March 1919), p.2.
- 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
External links
- Edwin McDonald's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Edwin McDonald at AustralianFootball.com
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