Russell Donald

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Russell Donald
Birth nameRussell Lindsay Hunter Donald
Date of birth9 September 1898
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death31 December 1932(1932-12-31) (aged 34)
Place of death Clarkston, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Glasgow HSFP ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Glasgow District ()
- Cities District ()
- Scotland Possibles ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1921 Scotland 3 (0)

Russell Donald (9 September 1898 – 31 December 1932) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1]

Contents

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Donald played for Glasgow HSFP. [2]

He received a knee injury in 1919, but an operation in 1920 was successful, and he was selected by Scotland in 1921. [3]

Provincial career

Donald played for Glasgow District. [2]

He played for Cities District against Provinces District on 11 December 1920. [4]

He played for Scotland Possibles against Scotland Probables on 8 January 1921. [5]

International career

Donald received 3 caps for Scotland, all in 1921. [1]

It seemed that he would go on and collect many more caps, but another knee injury stopped his playing career. Afterwards he went into coaching and became a selector for the national team. [3]

Business career

He worked in Canada for a while, with the firm Pilkington Brothers, the Glass manufacturers. While there he coached rugby, before returning to Scotland, still with the Pilkington Bros. company. [3]

Death

He died in 1932, a victim of an influenza outbreak. [3] He is buried in Eastwood New Cemetery in Glasgow.

His estate was valued at over £1830. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Russell Donald - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  2. 1 2 "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Chocolate and Gold. 100 years of rugby. 1884–1984. Glasgow High Kelvinside. 1984
  4. ↑ "Register" – via British Newspaper Archive.[ full citation needed ]
  5. ↑ "Register" – via British Newspaper Archive.[ full citation needed ]
  6. ↑ "Register" . www.ancestry.co.uk.[ full citation needed ]
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