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Clyde Donaldson

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Clyde Donaldson
Personal information
Date of birth 9 June 1894
Place of birth Elsternwick, Victoria
Date of death 23 May 1979(1979-05-23) (aged 84)
Place of death St Kilda East, Victoria
Original team(s) Brunswick Juniors
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1913–14, 1919–26 Essendon 144 (28)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Clyde Donaldson (9 June 1894 – 23 May 1979)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

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The son of George Donaldson (1857-), and Louisa Emma Susanna Donaldson (1858-1932), née Seyler,[2] Clyde Donaldson was born in Elsternwick, Victoria on 9 June 1894. His brother, Eric Donaldson played for St Kilda.

He married Edith Evelyn Happell (1895-1968) on 16 April 1921.[3] He married Daisy Evans (1905-1981) on 24 September 1969.

Football

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Essendon (VFL)

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After two seasons playing with Essendon, Donaldson's career was interrupted by World War I when he spent fours years overseas with the Australian Expeditionary Force.

The Australian Training Units Team: 28 October 1916.[4] Clyde Donaldson is the fourth man (third player) from the left, in the back row.

Training Units team (AIF)

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While in London he took part in the famous "Pioneer Exhibition Game" of Australian Rules football, held in London, in October 1916, representing the Australian Training Units team. A news film was taken at the match.[5][6]

Essendon (VFL)

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In 1919 he returned to Essendon and became a regular Victorian interstate representative throughout the 1920s. A back pocket specialist, Donaldson was tough to beat in an aerial contest and was a long kick of the ball. He was a member of Essendon's 1923 and 1924 premiership teams.

Journalist

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After retiring in 1926, Donaldson became a noted football journalist for the Truth newspaper.[citation needed]

Death

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He died in East St Kilda on 23 May 1979.[7]

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Past Player Profiles – D (Donaldson, Clyde)". essendonfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  2. ^ Marriages: Donaldson—Seyler, The Argus, (Thursday, 9 August 1883), p.1.
  3. ^ Marriages: Donaldson—Happell, The Argus, (Saturday, 25 June 1921), p.13.
  4. ^ Detail of Organised by Australian Olympic swimmer Lieutenant Frank Beaurepaire, etc., in the collection of the Australian War Memorial (Accession number: H16688).
  5. ^ The original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916) on YouTube
  6. ^ The 2019 remastered and colourised version of the original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916), remastered and colourised version (2019) on YouTube
  7. ^ Deaths: Donaldson, The Age, (Thursday, 24 May 1979), p.36.

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