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, 14January 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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