Archibald William Campbell McDonald (25 December 1882 – 20 July 1932) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family Parents 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. Archibald William Campbell McDonald, one of five boys and three girls, was born on 25 December 1882 in Nagambie, Victoria.
Siblings Two of his brothers, Edwin Patrick "Ted" McDonald (1875–1919), and Fenley John "Fen" McDonald (1891–1915) also played VFL football; Ted, with Essendon, and Fen with both Carlton and Melbourne.
Fen enlisted in the First 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).
Arch married Susan Lillian Patten (1884–1972) in 1910.
Football Arch and Ted 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.
Death He died in Melbourne on 20 July 1932.Deaths: McDonald, The Age, (Thursday, 21 July 1932), p.1.
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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