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{{Short description|Scottish rugby union player (1890–1980)}}
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| name            = John MacDonald
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| birth_name      = John MacKinnon MacDonald
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| birth_date      = {{Birth date|df=yes|1890|12|07}}
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| death_date      = {{Death date and age|1980|06|01|1890|12|07|df=yes}}
| death_place     = [[Portree]], [[Scotland]]
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| position        = [[Wing (rugby union)|Wing]]
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| amatteam1       = [[Edinburgh Wanderers]]
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| provinceyears1  = 1910
| provinceyears2  = 1911
| province1       = [[Edinburgh District (rugby union)|Edinburgh District]]
| province2       = [[Blues Trial]]
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| repteam1        = [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]]
| repcaps1        = 1
| reppoints1      = 0
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| repyears1       = 1911
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'''John MacDonald''' (7 December 1890 – 1 June 1980) was a [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] international [[rugby union]] player.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/2219.html|title=John MacKinnon Macdonald|website=ESPN scrum}}</ref>
==Rugby Union career==
===Amateur career===
He played club rugby for [[Edinburgh Wanderers]].<ref>The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.</ref>
===Provincial career===
He played for [[Edinburgh District (rugby union)|Edinburgh District]] against [[Glasgow District (rugby union)|Glasgow District]] in the [[1910–11 Scottish Districts season|1910 inter-city]] match. Edinburgh won the match 26–5, with MacDonald scoring a try.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SMdAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LaYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1667,4186886|title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>
He played for the [[Blues Trial]] side against the [[Whites Trial]] side on [[1910–11 Scottish Districts season|21 January 1911]], while still with Edinburgh Wanderers. He scored 3 tries for the Blues, but it could not prevent a 26–19 win for the Whites.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000576/19110123/110/0009 |title=Register |access-date=March 17, 2023 |url-access=subscription |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref>
===International career===
He was capped once for the [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] international rugby union team in 1911.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/2219.html|title=Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - John Macdonald - Test matches|website=ESPN scrum}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Scottish rugby union players]]
[[Category:Scotland international rugby union players]]
[[Category:Edinburgh Wanderers players]]
[[Category:1890 births]]
[[Category:1980 deaths]]
[[Category:Blues Trial players]]
[[Category:Edinburgh District (rugby union) players]]
[[Category:Rugby union wings]]
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