Fen McDonald

Fen McDonald
Personal information
Full name Fenley John McDonald
Date of birth (1891-05-25)25 May 1891
Place of birth Nagambie, Victoria
Date of death 25 April 1915(1915-04-25) (aged 23)
Place of death Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, Ottoman Turkey
Original team(s) Nagambie
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Position(s) Defender
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1911–12 Carlton 10 (4)
1913 Melbourne 01 (0)
Total 11 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1913.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Fenley John "Fen" McDonald (25 May 1891 – 25 April 1915) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

He was a member of the First AIF, and was killed in action during the landing at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, in Ottoman Turkey on 25 April 1915.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Lane, Daniel, "ANZAC hero Ted Larkin: The greatest sacrifice of all", The Sydney Morning Herald, (18 April 2015)". 18 April 2015. Archived from the original on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  2. ^ Despite various suggestions given over time, related to particular individuals, it is clear that, because, at least, six former VFL footballers were killed during the chaos of the landing at Anzac Cove – Rupert Balfe (University), Alan Cordner (Geelong and Collingwood), Claude Crowl (St Kilda), Charlie Fincher (South Melbourne), Fen McDonald (Carlton and Melbourne), and Joe Pearce (Melbourne) – it can never be definitively argued that any one of these men was "the first VFL footballer killed in the First World War".