McDonald: John (Jock)
1905-1906 (Leeds City Player Details)
Right Back
Born: Ayr: 1882
Debut: v Bradford City (a): 02-09-1905
5’10” 12st 6lb (1905)
McDonald started with Arden Villa and then played with Ayr FC. He cost First Division
Blackburn Rovers £90 to secure his services in May 1903, but only played one League game for
them before he joined newly elected Second Division Leeds City in July 1905. He was at
Right Back as City played their first Football League game at Valley Parade on 2nd September
1905 and went on to play the first twelve games before David Murray arrived from Rangers and
he had to be content with twenty-five League games by the end of the season, together with
another six in the F.A. Cup. He moved to Second Division Grimsby Town in August 1906 and
made sixteen League appearances at Blundell Park, before leaving to join Queens Park Rangers
in 1907. He won Southern League Championship medals in 1908 and 1912 with Rangers and
appeared in their Charity Shield Sides against Football League Champions Manchester United,
where he played alongside Evelyn Lintott, and Blackburn Rovers, his old club, in 1912. He
died in 1915.
Appearances | Goals |
League 25 | 0 |
F.A. Cup 6 | 0 |