Don McKinnon (rugby league)

Don McKinnon

Personal information
Full name	Donald McKinnon
Nickname	Big Donnie
Born	29 April 1955 (1955-04-29) (age 56)
Playing information
Height	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Weight	103.4 kg (16 st 4 lb)[1]
Position	Prop
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1977–1987	North Sydney Bears	183	19	0	0	66
1988	Manly-Warringah	6	1	0	0	4
	Total	189	20	0	0	70
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1982	New South Wales	1	0	0	0	0
1982	Australia
Source: RL project

Don McKinnon (born 29 April 1955^[1]) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 80s. He played for the North Sydney Bears in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership as well as the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, and represented New South Wales and Australia. McKinnon primarily played as a prop.

McKinnon played 183 games for the Bears between 1977–87, scoring 19 tries. He then signed to play with Manly in 1988 and played in six games, scoring one try. Famously he was fined $10,000 for urinating on the field during the Sea Eagles clash with the Brisbane Broncos at Lang Park in round 1, 1988. The incident was caught on television. He went on to play in the Sea Eagles Reserve Grade Grand Final win at the end of the year. McKinnon retired after the victory.

McKinnon was selected to represent New South Wales as a front-rower for game III of the 1982 State of Origin series^[2] and toured with The Invincibles in the same year.

McKinnon is a member of a famous footballing family. His father Harry, his uncle Don and older brothers Doug and Max all played rugby league for the Bears.^[3]

Post-playing Don served on the National Rugby League judiciary.^[4]

Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Gary Lester (editor) (1983). The Sun Book of Rugby League - 1983. Sydney, New South Wales: John Fairfax Marketing. pp. page 62. ISBN 0909558833. 
2. ^ "State Of Origin - Game 3, 1982". Rugby League Tables. http://stats.rleague.com/rl/soo/game5.html. Retrieved 2007-12-03. 
3. ^ "Bears History & Legends". North Sydney Bears. Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20071010055034/http://www.northsydneybears.com.au/history/legends.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-03. 
4. ^ Brent Read and Stuart Honeysett (2010-06-10). "The rule shift that saved Jarryd Hayne". The Australian (Australia: News Limited). http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/the-rule-shift-that-saved-jarryd-hayne/story-e6frg7mf-1225877656528. Retrieved 2010-06-09. 

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Name	Mackinnon, Don
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Date of birth	1955-04-29
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