Duncan McColl

{{Short description|American pastor and former professional footballer}}

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Duncan McColl (born c. 1955) is a Presbyterian Church USA pastor and former professional football player who played for the Washington Redskins.{{cite news |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2007/02/04/pastor-brings-life-experiences-to-his-ministry-2/ |title=Pastor brings life experiences to his ministry |date=February 4, 2007 |work=The Orange County Register |access-date=December 29, 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2010/07/18/fullerton-pastor-reflects-on-first-18-months-for-fpc/ |title=Fullerton pastor reflects on first 18 months for FPC |first=Adam |last=Townsend |date=July 18, 2010 |work=The Orange County Register |access-date=December 30, 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://footballfoundation.org/hof_scholars.aspx?hof=813 |title=Duncan McColl (1976) - Hall of Fame |website=National Football Foundation |access-date=December 29, 2023}}

McColl was selected by the Redskins as their first pick in the 1977 draft,{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1977/08/07/six-newcomers-seen-making-redskin-squad/5d015a06-7ebd-43fb-b8bd-e3e87081e170/ |title=Six Newcomers Seen Making Redskin Squad |first=Leonard |last=Shapiro |date=August 7, 1977 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=December 29, 2023}} moved to the reserve list in September 1977,{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1977/09/13/redskins-cut-smith-owens/1c81897a-ec35-45d5-b2f1-683b84d65911/ |title=Redskins Cut Smith, Owens |first1=Leonard |last1=Shapiro |first2=Mark |last2=Asher |date=September 13, 1977 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=December 30, 2023}} and waived in August 1978.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1978/08/30/redskins-waive-tillman-johnson-and-mccoll/bf549e49-2d34-4d8d-901f-00a37838f79f/ |title=Redskins Waive Tillman, Johnson and McColl |first1=David |last1=DuPree |first2=Leonard |last2=Shapiro |date=August 30, 1978 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=December 29, 2023}}

McColl played college football for Stanford University, following in the footsteps of his father, Dr. William Frazer McColl Jr. (1930–2023); they are "the only father-son All-American football combination in Stanford history".{{cite web |url=https://static.gostanford.com/custompages/halloffame/profile-dmccoll.html |title=Stanford University-Hall of Fame |website=static.gostanford.com}}{{cite web |url=https://www.channeltreesports.com/post/19 |title=The Son Doesn't Fall Far From The Stanford Tree: Father-Son Duos At Stanford |website=Channel Tree Sports}} His brother Milt McColl also played, as did nephew Daniel McColl.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-06-18-tm-3414-story.html |title=Like Father, Like Son: How Did Milt McColl, NFL Player and Orthopedic Surgeon, Come To Mirror His Dad's Life So Precisely? |first=Lee |last=Green |date=June 18, 1989 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=December 29, 2023}}{{cite news |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/sd-sp-preps-danielmccoll-20161108-story.html |title=La Jolla's McColl tries to follow path of famous grandfather |first=Don |last=Norcross |date=November 9, 2016 |work=The San Diego Union-Tribune |access-date=December 29, 2023}} His daughter Meredith and son Will both played water polo at Stanford.{{cite news |url=https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/FAMILY-TRADITION-Top-water-polo-goalie-follows-2635317.php |title=FAMILY TRADITION / Top water polo goalie follows McColl stars |first=Dwight |last=Chapin |date=May 13, 2005 |work=SFGate |access-date=December 29, 2023}}

Having studied Business Management at UCLA, he and his wife Emily, both enrolled at Princeton Theological Seminary following the death of an infant son. Both graduated and were ordained on June 30, 1996 {{cite web|url=https://ogaapps.pcusa.org/directories/#/minister?firstName=duncanlastName=mccoll | access-date=February 7, 2024|work=Presbyterian Church USA Minister's Directory| title=OGA Directories}} and both have served congregations in the San Diego Presbytery. As of August 2018, he is the pastor at Mira Mesa Presbyterian Church in San Diego.{{cite web |url=https://mmpcusa.com/leadership |title=Mira Mesa Presbyterian Church: Church Leadership |website=mmpcusa.com |access-date=January 25, 2024}} McColl spent a couple of years of his childhood with his family in Korea, as his father served with the UPCUSA as a Medical Missionary, an orthopedic surgeon at a Leprosy Hospital, following his NFL Career.