Career
McDonald was a half-back from Winchelsea, who played as a flanker in Geelong"s 1931 premiership team The 1931 VFL Grand Final was one of 10 finals that McDonald played during his seven season career and he also played in a losing grand final the previous year. From 1930 to 1933 he put together 49 games in a row and played his 100th league match in Geelong"s preliminary final loss to South Melbourne in 1934.