Donald McDonald (footballer)
{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1962}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Donald McDonald
| image =
| fullname = Donald McDonald
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|5|10|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| originalteam = St. Brendan's
| height = 191 cm
| weight = 97 kg
| position = Ruck, key position
| guernsey = 25
| statsend = 1992
| coachstatsend = 2004
| years1 = 1982–1992
| club1 = {{AFL NM}}
| games_goals1 = 155 (165)
| years2 = 1993-1995
| club2 = Werribee
| games_goals2 = 46 (98)
| games_goalstotal = 201 (263)
| coachyears1 = 2004
| coachclub1 = {{AFL Haw}}
| coachgames_wins1 = 5 (2–3–0)
| careerhighlights =
Playing
- North Melbourne leading goal kicker: 1984
- VFA premiership player: 1993
Coaching
- VFL premiership coach: 2001
}}
Donald McDonald (born 10 May 1962) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach.{{Ref AFL Encyc|5th|468}}
Playing career
=North Melbourne Football Club=
Recruited from St. Brendan's in Flemington, McDonald debuted with the North Melbourne Football Club in the VFL(now AFL) in 1982. He was a tall player who could play key position or in the ruck, and in 1984 won the Kangaroos' leading goalkicker award. He played in the VFL until 1992, having amassed 155 games and 165 goals.{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/localfooty/victorian-amateur-football-association-donald-mcdonald-brings-aflvfl-experience-to-cardinals-as-football-director/news-story/045dfe233158d21b1da85ef63d8352b1|title=Victorian Amateur Football Association: Donald McDonald brings AFL/VFL experience to Cardinals as football director|date=23 January 2020|access-date=14 March 2022}}
Coaching career
=Early career=
McDonald became captain-coach of Werribee in the VFA, and coached the club to a premiership victory in 1993. He coached at Werribee from 1993 until 1999.{{citation|title=The Best of Football Trivia|author=Marc Fiddian|year=2003|publisher=Galaxy Print and Design|publication-place=Hastings, VIC|page=23}}
From 2000 to 2002 he was non-playing coach of the Box Hill Hawks in the VFL, and coached the club to a premiership victory in 2001, defeating his former club Werribee in the grand final.
=Hawthorn Football Club=
In the 2004 season, McDonald took over from Peter Schwab, after Schwab resigned from the Hawthorn Football Club senior coaching job late in the season following a dismal season.{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/afl/schwab-calls-it-quits-at-hawthorn-after-change-of-heart-20040727-gdjfe4.html|title=Schwab calls it quits at Hawthorn after change of heart|date=July 27, 2004|access-date=8 December 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/schwab-out-immediately-mcdonald-in-20040727-gdyc1q.html|title=Schwab out immediately, McDonald in|date=27 July 2004|access-date=8 December 2021}} McDonald was then promoted from assistant coach to caretaker senior coach of Hawthorn for the remainder of the 2004 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/mcdonalds-on-menu-as-schwab-goes-20040727-gdjfbx.html|title=McDonald's on menu as Schwab goes|date=27 July 2004|access-date=8 December 2021}} Hawthorn under McDonald won two games of the remaining five games of the 2004 season, to finish in fifteenth place on the ladder, which was the second-last placed position. McDonald was however not retained as Hawthorn Football Club senior coach at the end of the 2004 season and was replaced by Alastair Clarkson as Hawthorn Football Club senior coach.{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-09-08/hawks-appoint-clarkson-as-coach/2040314|title=Hawks appoint Clarkson as coach|date=8 September 2004|access-date=8 December 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/localfooty/victorian-amateur-football-association-donald-mcdonald-brings-aflvfl-experience-to-cardinals-as-football-director/news-story/045dfe233158d21b1da85ef63d8352b1|title=Victorian Amateur Football Association: Donald McDonald brings AFL/VFL experience to Cardinals as football director|date=23 January 2020|access-date=14 March 2022}}
=North Melbourne Football Club assistant coach and other roles with the club=
McDonald then became an assistant coach at his old club, North Melbourne Kangaroos, for the 2005 season and then he transitioned to work in a number of key roles at the club, including as the Football Manager.{{cite web|url=https://www.nmfc.com.au/news/724226/donald-mcdonald-ready-for-new-role|title=Donald McDonald ready for new role|date=14 March 2013|access-date=8 December 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vafa.com.au/donald-mcdonald-appointed-old-scotch-football-director/|title=Donald McDonald appointed Old Scotch Football Director|date=21 October 2019|access-date=8 December 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/localfooty/victorian-amateur-football-association-donald-mcdonald-brings-aflvfl-experience-to-cardinals-as-football-director/news-story/045dfe233158d21b1da85ef63d8352b1|title=Victorian Amateur Football Association: Donald McDonald brings AFL/VFL experience to Cardinals as football director|date=23 January 2020|access-date=14 March 2022}}
McDonald's son Luke was drafted by North Melbourne as a father-son recruit in 2013 National Draft with 8th pick.
=Other coaching roles=
McDonald went on to be the senior coach of the Avondale Heights Football Club who compete in the top division of the Essendon Region Football League. After this, McDonald was appointed as the club’s Football Director of The Old Scotch Football Club.{{cite web|url=https://www.vafa.com.au/donald-mcdonald-appointed-old-scotch-football-director/|title=Donald McDonald appointed Old Scotch Football Director|date=21 October 2019|access-date=8 December 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/localfooty/victorian-amateur-football-association-donald-mcdonald-brings-aflvfl-experience-to-cardinals-as-football-director/news-story/045dfe233158d21b1da85ef63d8352b1|title=Victorian Amateur Football Association: Donald McDonald brings AFL/VFL experience to Cardinals as football director|date=23 January 2020|access-date=14 March 2022}}
References
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External links
- {{AFL Tables|ref=D/Donald_McDonald.html|alt=Donald McDonald}}
- [https://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Mcdonald,_Donald.php]
{{Hawthorn Football Club coaches}}
{{North Melbourne leading goalkickers}}
{{2001 Box Hill premiership players}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:McDonald, Donald}}
Category:Hawthorn Football Club coaches
Category:North Melbourne Football Club players
Category:Box Hill Football Club coaches
Category:Werribee Football Club players
Category:Werribee Football Club coaches