Andy McDonald (footballer)

Andy McDonald (27 December 1885 – 12 May 1967) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1910s.

Andy McDonald
Personal information
Full name	Andrew James Thomas McDonald
Date of birth	27 December 1885
Place of birth	Footscray, Victoria
Date of death	12 May 1967(1967-05-12) (aged 81)
Place of death	Parkville, Victoria
Original team(s)	Yarraville
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Position(s)	Utility
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1910–19	Carlton	146 (34)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

McDonald was recruited to Carlton from Yarraville and kicked 19 goals in his debut season. He would play in a losing Grand Final at the end of the year, the first of four VFL Grand Finals that he appeared in. Premierships came in 1914 and 1915, while he was a member of the Carlton team which lost the 1916 premiership decider.

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• Andy McDonald's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
• Blueseum profile