Paddy McDonald

Paddy McDonald
Personal information
Full name Patrick Joseph McDonald
Date of birth (1897-03-27)27 March 1897
Place of birth Creswick, Victoria
Date of death 30 January 1965(1965-01-30) (aged 67)
Place of death Albury, New South Wales
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1918–1919 Essendon 9 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Patrick Joseph McDonald (27 March 1897 – 30 January 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The son of John Thomas McDonald (1863–1929),[1] and Margaret Mary McDonald (1860–1936), née O'Brien,[2] Patrick Joseph McDonald, known as "Paddy", was born at Allendale, Victoria on 27 March 1897.

He married Eileen Neville (1898–1976) in 1923.

Football

McDonald began his VFL career for Essendon in 1918. He played his final VFL match in 1919 having played 9 matches.[3] His brother Frank McDonald also played for Essendon.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Deaths: McDonald, The Age, (Monday, 14 January 1929), p.1.
  2. ^ Deaths: McDonald, The Age, (Friday, 13 November 1936), P.1.
  3. ^ "Paddy McDonald - Statistics". Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Past player profiles".

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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