{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Russell Donald | image = | caption = | birth_name = Russell Lindsay Hunter Donald | nickname = | birth_date = 9 September 1898 | birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland | death_date = {{Death date and age|1932|12|31|1898|09|9|df=y}} | death_place = Clarkston, Scotland | height = | weight = | amatyears1 = - | amatteam1 = Glasgow HSFP | provinceyears1 = - | province1 = Glasgow District | province2 = Cities District | province3 = Scotland Possibles | provinceapps1 = | provincepoints1 = | ru_position = Fly-half | repteam1 = Scotland | repyears1 = 1921 | repcaps1 = 3 | reppoints1 = 0 | ru_ntupdate = | coachteams1 = | coachyears1 = | ru_coachupdate = | occupation = | spouse = | children = | relatives = | school = | university = | website = }} '''Russell Donald''' (9 September 1898 – 31 December 1932) was a Scotland international rugby union player.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/2750.html|title=Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Russell Donald - Test matches|website=ESPN scrum}}</ref>
==Rugby Union career==
===Amateur career===
Donald played for Glasgow HSFP.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=n8ZAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=L6YMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3230,4374094|title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>
He received a knee injury in 1919, but an operation in 1920 was successful, and he was selected by Scotland in 1921.<ref name="auto2">Chocolate and Gold. 100 years of rugby. 1884–1984. Glasgow High Kelvinside. 1984</ref>
===Provincial career===
Donald played for Glasgow District.<ref name="auto"/>
He played for Cities District against Provinces District on 11 December 1920.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002783/19201217/063/0003 |title=Register |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}{{full citation needed|date=January 2023}}</ref>
He played for Scotland Possibles against Scotland Probables on 8 January 1921.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000576/19210110/098/0009 |title=Register |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}{{full citation needed|date=January 2023}}</ref>
===International career===
Donald received 3 caps for Scotland, all in 1921.<ref name="auto1"/>
It seemed that he would go on and collect many more caps, but another knee injury stopped his playing career. Afterwards he went into coaching and became a selector for the national team.<ref name="auto2"/>
==Business career==
He worked in Canada for a while, with the firm Pilkington Brothers, the Glass manufacturers. While there he coached rugby, before returning to Scotland, still with the Pilkington Bros. company.<ref name="auto2"/>
==Death==
He died in 1932, a victim of an influenza outbreak.<ref name="auto2"/> He is buried in Eastwood New Cemetery, outside of Glasgow.
His estate was valued at over £1830.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/578139:60558?tid=&pid=&queryId=54be44344433a8d4ab818d6431fd4378&_phsrc=NLl21&_phstart=successSource&gsfn=&gsln=&h=578139 |title=Register |url-access=subscription |website=www.ancestry.co.uk}}{{full citation needed|date=January 2023}}</ref>
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