Bill MacDonald (footballer)

Bill MacDonald (7 March 1906 – 24 July 1973)[1] was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne [2] in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[3]

Bill MacDonald
Personal information
Full name W. A. "Bill" MacDonald
Date of birth (1906-03-07)7 March 1906
Date of death 24 July 1973(1973-07-24) (aged 67)
Original team(s) Deniliquin, Stawell
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1929–31 Melbourne 32 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1931.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

MacDonald played in back to back premierships for the Colts Football Club in the Deniliquin Football Association in 1925 and 1926, prior to playing with Stawell. [4]

MacDonald was also an accomplished runner who finished 3rd in the 1925 Stawell Gift. [5] MacDonald was favorite for the 1928 Stawell Gift, but was beaten in his semi final.[6] He also won the 1924 Stratford Gift and 1928 Horsham Gift. [7]

Notes
  1. "Bill MacDonald - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  2. "1929 - W A "Alec" MacDonald succeeds". Trove Newspapers. / The Independent (Deniliquin, NSW). Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  3. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 541. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  4. "1929 - W A MacDonald". Trove Newspapers. The Riverine Grazier, Hay, NSW. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  5. "1925 - Stawell Gift results". Trove Newspapers. The Weekly Times. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  6. "1928 - Stawell Gift review". Trove Newspaper. The Sunday Mail, Brisbane, QLD. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  7. "1928 - Bill McDonald". Trove Newspapers. The Sporting Globe. Retrieved 13 June 2020.


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