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". The Independent. Deniliquin, NSW. 9 August 1929. p. 1. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  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". The Riverine Grazier. Hay, NSW. 20 August 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 13 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  5. "1925 - Stawell Gift results". The Weekly Times. Retrieved 13 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  6. "1928 - Stawell Gift review". The Sunday Mail. Brisbane. 8 April 1928. p. 7. Retrieved 13 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  7. "1928 - Bill McDonald". The Sporting Globe. 14 March 1928. p. 6. Retrieved 13 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
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