Dugald MacDonald
Birth name | Dugald Alexander MacDonald | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 20 January 1950 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Mariannhill, KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 108 kg (238 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Diocesan College, Cape Town | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of Cape Town | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dugald Alexander MacDonald (born 20 January 1950) is a South African former rugby union player of Scottish origins. He played for South Africa against the 1974 British Lions tour to South Africa.[1][2]
His younger brother Donald was capped for Scotland seven times.[1]
Biography
[edit]Based in Cape Town, MacDonald played provincial rugby in South Africa for Western Province from 1972 to 1975.[3] He acted as the President of the University of Cape Town Rugby Club for 15 years with his tenure coming to an end during the first quarter of 2019.[4] His elder son, Dugald MacDonald, plays flanker for the Oxford Greyhounds, while his younger son, Alexander MacDonald, played flanker for the University of Cape Town 1st team in 2011 and 2012.[5][citation needed]
Test history
[edit]No. | Opponents | Results (RSA 1st) | Position | Tries | Dates | Venue |
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1. | ![]() |
9–28 | Number 8 | 22 June 1974 | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria |
See also
[edit]- List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 470
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bath, p139
- ^ "Dugald Alexander Macdonald". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ Parker, A. C. (1983). W.P. Rugby : centenary, 1883-1983. Western Province Rugby Football Union (South Africa) (1st ed.). Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa: WPRFU. p. 126. ISBN 0-620-06555-9. OCLC 54188953.
- ^ "Global leader is new Ikey Tigers president". www.news.uct.ac.za. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ "UJ lay down serious marker". Varsity Cup. 14 March 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
Bibliography
[edit]- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- 1950 births
- Living people
- Scottish rugby union players
- South African rugby union players
- South Africa international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from KwaZulu-Natal
- South African people of Scottish descent
- Western Province (rugby union) players
- Rugby union number eights
- Alumni of Diocesan College, Cape Town
- South African rugby union biography stubs