Russell Donald
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
BornRussell Lindsay Hunter Donald
9 September 1898
9 September 1898
Glasgow, Scotland
Died31 December 1932 (aged 34)
Clarkston, Scotland
Position
Fly-half
Position
Fly-half
| Born | Russell Lindsay Hunter Donald 9 September 1898 Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Died | 31 December 1932 (aged 34) Clarkston, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Russell Donald (9 September 1898 – 31 December 1932) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Amateur career
Donald played for Glasgow HSFP.[2]
He received a knee injury in 1919, but an operation in 1920 was successful, and he was selected by Scotland in 1921.[3]
Provincial career
Donald played for Glasgow District.[2]
He played for Cities District against Provinces District on 11 December 1920.[4]
He played for Scotland Possibles against Scotland Probables on 8 January 1921.[5]
International career
Donald received 3 caps for Scotland, all in 1921.[1]
It seemed that he would go on and collect many more caps, but another knee injury stopped his playing career. Afterwards he went into coaching and became a selector for the national team.[3]