John Macdonald
Personal information
Date of birth 1886
Place of birth Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Date of death 1960(1960-00-00) (aged 73–74)
Place of death East Wemyss, Scotland
Position(s) Outside right
Youth career
Wemyss Harp
Vale of Wemyss
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1902–1907 Raith Rovers 57 (14)
1907–1909 Rangers 46 (10)
1909–1912 Liverpool 78 (4)
1912–1914 Newcastle United 31 (4)
1914–1919 Dundee 13 (1)
1919–1920 Raith Rovers 4 (0)
Total 229 (33)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Macdonald (1886 – 1960) was a Scottish footballer who played mainly as an outside right.[1]

Born in Fife, he commenced his playing career with Raith Rovers in 1901 before moving to Rangers in January 1907.[2] He was signed by for Liverpool of the English Football League in 1909, and made 35 total appearances (league and FA Cup) in his debut season; 26 and 20 appearances followed during his next two years at the club,[3] and he came close to receiving an international call-up for Scotland, taking part in the annual Home Scots v Anglo-Scots trial match in 1910.[4][5][6]

He was unable to hold a regular starting place in the Liverpool side, and moved to Newcastle United in 1912.[7][4] He served in the Gordon Highlanders during World War I[4] while resuming his sporting career back in Scotland with Dundee. He retired in 1921 after a second spell with Raith Rovers, and found work locally as a miner.[4]

Macdonald had six brothers,[8] two of whom – David and Roy[9] – were also footballers. All three were members of the Dundee squad in the 1919–20 season.[4][1]

References

  1. 1 2 [A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players], John Litster / Scottish Football Historian magazine, October 2012
  2. ↑ (Rangers player) McDonald, John [entry also includes details of the earlier player Angus McDonald ], FitbaStats
  3. ↑ "John McDonald". LFC History. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 John, Dave and Roy Macdonald of East Wemyss, Evening Telegraph, 5 April 1932, via Play Up Liverpool
  5. ↑ Football. | International Trial Match., The Glasgow Herald, 22 March 1910
  6. ↑ Macdonald John “Jock” Image 3 Liverpool 1910, Vintage Footballers
  7. ↑ John McDonald player profile, Toon1892
  8. ↑ Fife mother gives seven sons to the Army, Dundee Courier, 28 November 1916, via Play Up Liverpool
  9. ↑ Macdonald Roy Image 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1920, Vintage Footballers


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