Angus Daniel McDonald (April 14, 1878 – November 15, 1941) was an American railroad executive. He was president of the Southern Pacific Company, the parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad. McDonald attended the

University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or ND, is a private Catholic university, Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend, Indiana, South Bend. French priest Edward Sorin fo ...

, where he was the first baseman and team captain for the

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team, and both the

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and placekicker for the football team in 1899. McDonald was the first kicker at the university to use a holder (a technique known then as the "Princeton Kick") rather than the drop kick. In 1931, McDonald was named a Knight of Malta by Pope Pius XI.

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* * 20th-century American railroad executives Southern Pacific Railroad people American football quarterbacks Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players 1878 births 1941 deaths {{US-rail-bio-stub