Edwin Patrick "Ted" McDonald (29 September 1875 – 17 March 1919) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family Parents He was born on 29 September 1875 in Nagambie, Victoria. He was the son of Patrick McDonald (1852–1928)Deaths: McDonald, The Argus, (Thursday, 8 November 1928), p.1. and Margaret McDonald (1853–1928), née Figgins.Deaths: McDonald, The Argus, (Saturday, 14 January 1928), p.13.
Siblings He was one of five boys and three girls. Two of his brothers also played VFL football: Arch McDonald with Essendon, and Fen McDonald with both Carlton and Melbourne.
Fen enlisted in the First Australian Imperial Force (AIF), and was killed in action during the landing at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, in Turkey on 25 April 1915. Another brother, Stanley David McDonald (1888–1945), also served in the First AIF, enlisting on 20 May 1915, before the news of Fen's death had reached his family.Australian War Memorial Photograph: Private Stanley McDonald (1769); World War I Service Record: Stanley McDonald (1769).
Wife He married Mary Ann Vaughan (1872–1940) in 1898.Deaths: McDonald, The Argus, (Monday, 24 June 1940), p.4.
Football Ted and his younger brother, Arch, played together in their only game with the Essendon First XVIII: the last match of the season, against Fitzroy, at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground, on 9 September 1905.League Matches: Fitzroy (11.14) beat Essendon (4.13), The Age, (Monday, 11 September 1905), p.9.Fitzroy in Fine Form, The Australasian, (Saturday, 16 September 1905), p.21.
The Nagambie Hotel From 1904, until his death in 1919, he was the owner and licensee of The Nagambie Hotel.Goulburn Valley, The Benalla Standard, (Tuesday, 22 November 1904), p.2; Deprivation Sitting of the Licensing Court: The Nagambie Hotel, The Nagambie Times, (Friday, 27 July 1917), p.3.
Death He died at Nagambie on 17 March 1919.Deaths: McDonald, The Argus, (Wednesday, 19 March 1919), p.1. The Broadford Courier, (Friday, 21 March 1919), p.2.Wills and Estates, The Argus, (Thursday, 10 April 1919), p.6.
See also List of Australian rules football families
Notes
References Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.
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