Hugh Lachlan MacDonald (1884 – August 27, 1920) was a Scottish

Scotland

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 football

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 goalkeeper.

MacDonald was born in Kilwinning

Kilwinning

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, Ayrshire

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 and played for a variety of local junior clubs including Ayr Westerlea, Maybole

Maybole F.C.

Maybole Football Club are a Scottish football club based in the town of Maybole, Ayrshire. Formed in 1946, they are based at Ladywell Stadium, and currently compete in the West Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association.-Honours:...

, Ayr Academical and Beith

Beith F.C.

Beith F.C. were a Scottish football club based at Bellsdale Park in Beith. The club were members of the Scottish Football League from 1923 to 1926.The club was initially formed in 1875 but closed down in 1883 and did not re-emerge fully until 1888...

, before moving south to London

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 to join Woolwich Arsenal

Arsenal F.C.

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 in January 1906. McDonald was understudy to Arsenal's regular goalkeeper, England

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 international Jimmy Ashcroft

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, and played only two league games in what was to be his first spell at Arsenal, his debut coming against Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers F.C.

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 on February 17, 1906. At the end of the 1905-06

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 season he moved to Southern League

Southern Football League

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 Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.

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 and spent two years there.

In May 1908 he returned to Woolwich Arsenal after they sold Ashcroft to make ends meet, and MacDonald was an ever-present for the entire 1908-09

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 season, and only missed two games of 1909-10

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. He left Arsenal in July 1910 for Oldham Athletic

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, spending one season there before moving to Bradford Park Avenue

Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.

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.

In December 1912 he returned to Arsenal for a third time, making him, apparently, the only player to have played for the club in three separate spells. As of June 2010, the only other players to have rejoined the club are John Lukic

John Lukic

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, Jock Rutherford, Martin Keown

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, Sol Campbell

Sol Campbell

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 and Jens Lehmann

Jens Lehmann

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 who all rejoined only once. He took over from Harold Crawford and played 18 of the last 21 league games of the 1912-13

1912-13 in English football

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 season, in which Arsenal were relegated to the Second Division

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.

MacDonald left Arsenal for a third and final time in November 1913, having been ousted from the team by Joe Lievesley. He saw out his career with first Fulham

Fulham F.C.

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 and then Bristol Rovers

Bristol Rovers F.C.

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, before World War I

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intervened and ended competitive league football. He died, aged 36, in 1920.