Harold McDonald

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Harold Keith McDonald
Personal information
Full name Harold Keith McDonald
Date of birth(1922-06-27)27 June 1922
Place of birth Nagambie, Victoria
Date of death 12 June 1999(1999-06-12) (aged 76)
Place of death Nagambie, Victoria
Original team(s) Nagambie
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1944 Carlton 001 (0)
1949–1958 Port Adelaide 140 (9)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1958.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Harold Keith McDonald (27 June 1922 – 12 June 1999) [1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League. [2]

Australian rules football Contact sport invented in Melbourne

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Notes

  1. ↑ Mcdonald, Harold. "Harold Mcdonald". Ancestry. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 540. ISBN   978-1-921496-00-4.


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