McDonalds @ MFC

[Melb-A-Toast 257]

Not the food establishment, but I was wondering how long (continuously) has a McDonald been on the MFC list.

I think it is since 1995, or thereabouts. Can anyone with a thirst for research find out? Have there been other continuous surnames with such a time period? Smith would have a chance.

Also how far back do we go before a McDonald was not named in the team? Perhaps when Junior did his hamstring in his last year...

 

[Wrecker45 3,378]

Don't forget all the hungry jacks. Lost a few to Port Adelaide but Viney is still tracking for round 1.

[DEE fence 5,039]

4 hours ago, Wrecker45 said:

Don't forget all the hungry jacks. Lost a few to Port Adelaide but Viney is still tracking for round 1.

Boom boom

[Ethan Tremblay 31,088]

Barry McFlurry played four games in 1927. 

[Thrice 216]

Strictly speaking there would have been a few weeks in 2010 after James McDonald was delisted (contracts end on 31 October) and Tom McDonald was drafted on 18 November 2010.

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,910]

According to the excellent Demonwiki, there have been 6 players for Melbourne who had the first and last initials of K and C. What chance one of them had the middle initial F?

[Redleg 41,635]

Well we know we have had plenty of Hungry Jacks.

[Melb-A-Toast 257]

3 hours ago, Thrice said:

Strictly speaking there would have been a few weeks in 2010 after James McDonald was delisted (contracts end on 31 October) and Tom McDonald was drafted on 18 November 2010.

very observant and caters to my pedantic nature! I see that as continuous based on each year on list. Does anyone know how far back McDonalds go? Surely we have an amateur historian amongst us.

[daisycutter 29,763]

2 minutes ago, Melb-A-Toast said:

very observant and caters to my pedantic nature! I see that as continuous based on each year on list. Does anyone know how far back McDonalds go? Surely we have an amateur historian amongst us.

"Kroc's first McDonald's restaurant opened on April 15, 1955, at 400 North Lee Street in Des Plaines, Illinois, near Chicago."

i'll close the door.........

[Nasher 33,617]

5 hours ago, Thrice said:

Strictly speaking there would have been a few weeks in 2010 after James McDonald was delisted (contracts end on 31 October) and Tom McDonald was drafted on 18 November 2010.

Surely we count in seasons. If Junior was on the list in 2010 and TMac came on board in 2011 then that counts as consecutive time I reckon.

Anthony McDonald started in 1997, so I'd say we've had a McDonald on the list every season since then.

[hardtack 10,668]

22 hours ago, Wrecker45 said:

Don't forget all the hungry jacks. Lost a few to Port Adelaide but Viney is still tracking for round 1.

It's probably fair to say that Viney was the only Hungry Jack... the rest were more Wimpy than Hungry Jacks.

[Dees_In_October 3,495]

10 minutes ago, hardtack said:

It's probably fair to say that Viney was the only Hungry Jack... the rest were more Wimpy than Hungry Jacks.

Except Trengove of course.

[Dees_In_October 3,495]

Courtesy of Demonwiki every McDonald/MacDonald to have played at least one game for the MFC and the years they played:

James MacDonald    1875-1877, 1880 (Name spelt McDonald in some sources)

John MacDonald       1876-1884 (McDonald in some sources, brother of James, above)

Alec McDonald           1906

Des MacDonald         1914

Bill McDonald             1929-1931

Fen McDonald            1913

Jim McDonald           1942

Greg MacDonald        1973

Anthony McDonald   1997-2002

James McDonald      1997-2010

Joel MacDonald         2010-2013

Tom McDonald          2011*

Oscar McDonald        2015*

[Deemania since 56 6,723]

2 hours ago, daisycutter said:

"Kroc's first McDonald's restaurant opened on April 15, 1955, at 400 North Lee Street in Des Plaines, Illinois, near Chicago."

i'll close the door.........

Macca's started in Melb in 1970 on the corner of Springvale Rd Blackburn Rd, in Mt Waverley. I remember getting food poisoning there.

[Skuit 10,031]

7 hours ago, Thrice said:

Strictly speaking there would have been a few weeks in 2010 after James McDonald was delisted (contracts end on 31 October) and Tom McDonald was drafted on 18 November 2010.

Joel MacDonald was with us at the end of 2009.

Oops - missed Dees in Oct post above.

Edited November 30, 2017 by Skuit

[Wrecker45 3,378]

I hate to do this but if the Ginger Ninja had a decent boot on him we also have a red rooster.

[#11-TonyAnderson 822]

11 hours ago, Deemania since 56 said:

Macca's started in Melb in 1970 on the corner of Springvale Rd Blackburn Rd, in Mt Waverley. I remember getting food poisoning there.

Sorry - it was actually Springvale Rd and High St Rd Glen Waverley- that store you mentioned was built much later as it was a BP Petrol Station at that time. (I grew up in the area).

[Deemania since 56 6,723]

4 hours ago, #11-TonyAnderson said:

Sorry - it was actually Springvale Rd and High St Rd Glen Waverley- that store you mentioned was built much later as it was a BP Petrol Station at that time. (I grew up in the area).

Yes, you're correct. I lived off High St in Malvern and remember hitching eastwards to Monash Uni down High St nearly 'all the way', turning right at McDonalds. That was a very long time ago. Anyway, thanks for the 'refresh'. 

[Melb-A-Toast 257]

On ‎30‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 5:58 PM, Dees_In_October said:

Courtesy of Demonwiki every McDonald/MacDonald to have played at least one game for the MFC and the years they played:

James MacDonald    1875-1877, 1880 (Name spelt McDonald in some sources)

 

John MacDonald       1876-1884 (McDonald in some sources, brother of James, above)

 

 

 

Alec McDonald           1906

 

Des MacDonald         1914

 

Bill McDonald             1929-1931

 

Fen McDonald            1913

 

Jim McDonald           1942

 

Greg MacDonald        1973

 

Anthony McDonald   1997-2002

 

James McDonald      1997-2010

 

Joel MacDonald         2010-2013

 

Tom McDonald          2011*

 

Oscar McDonald        2015*

 

thanks Dees in October. So that makes it 21 years and still going. Does Smith get close?

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,910]

I really hope we maintained a good relationship with Joel MacDonald when he left the club. The company he founded, GetSwift, last week announced a deal with Amazon and the shares skyrocketed. His personal wealth is now about $150 million. I'd like to see GetSwift as a sponsor of the club!