Duncan McDonald was a Scottish footballer, who played as a right-sided full back Born in

Bo'ness Borrowstounness, commonly known as Bo'ness ( ), is a town and former burgh and seaport on the south bank of the Firth of Forth in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Counties of Scotland, Historically part of the county of West Lothian (historic), ...

, McDonald started his career with Townside F.C., Townside before joining Woolwich Arsenal in April 1909, but had to wait until 30 October 1909 to make his debut, against

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. After that, he was a near ever-present in the 1909–10 season, with

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out of form and Joe Shaw moving to left back to cover, leaving a vacancy at right-back. However, in 1910–11 Gray forced his way back in and McDonald only played one league game all season. McDonald played 27 times for Arsenal in total, before leaving in the summer of 1911 for

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* Scottish men's footballers Arsenal F.C. players Sportspeople from Bo'ness Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Men's association football fullbacks Footballers from Falkirk (council area) {{Scotland-footy-defender-stub