Donald Gene "Flip" McDonald (February 12, 1921 – February 12, 2002) was an American football player who played at the end position on both offense and defense. He played college football for Tulsa and professional football for the Brooklyn Tigers, Philadelphia Eagles, and New York Yankees.
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| Position: | End | ||||
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| Born: | February 12, 1921 Webb City, Missouri | ||||
| Died: | February 12, 2002 (aged 81) Quapaw, Oklahoma | ||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||
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| High school: | Commerce (OK) | ||||
| College: | Oklahoma | ||||
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Early years
editGreene was born in 1922 in Yukno or Shawnee, Oklahoma. He attended Shawnee High School in Oklahoma.[1][2]
College football and military service
editGene played college football at Oklahoma from 1940 to 1942.[1]
Professional football and military service
editHe played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) for the Brooklyn Tigers in 1944 and the Philadelphia Eagles from 1944 to 1946.[2]
After previously being rejected for military service due to past football injuries,[3][4] McDonald was inducted in early 1946 into the Army for service in occupation duty in the Pacific.[5][6][7]
After his military service, he played in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for the New York Yankees during their 1948 season. He appeared in a total of 19 NFL and AAFC games.[1][2] At the end of the end of the 1948 season, he was named to the All-AAFC team by the league's coaches.[8] He also played for the Bethlehem Bulldogs in 1946 and 1947 and the Paterson Panthers in 1948 and the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1949. He appeared in nine games, eight as a starter, for Ottawa.[1]
Later years
editIn December 1948, McDonald was hired as head football coach at Quapaw High School in Oklahoma.[9] He also served as the school's principal until retiring from those positions in 1963. At that time, he became the principal of Quapaw's elementary school.[10] He died in 2002 in Quapaw, Oklahoma, at age 81.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Don McDonald". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Flip McDonald Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
- ^ "McDonald Rejected For the Second Time". The Daily Oklahoman. June 24, 1945. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Former Sooner Gets Draft Call". The Daily Oklahoman. January 13, 1946 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Grist". Miami News-Record. January 13, 1946. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "McDonald, Oklahoma End, to Go Overseas". The Daily Oklahoman. April 14, 1946. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "M'Donald Will Leave States Early in May". Miami News-Record. April 14, 1946. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Two State Pros On Star Eleven". The Daily Oklahoman. January 16, 1949. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "'Flip' M'Donald To Coach at Quapaw". Miami News-Record. December 19, 1948. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "McDonald Retires as Coach; To Stay on Quapaw Faculty". Miami News-Record. March 6, 1963. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.