Angus Daniel McDonald
Angus Daniel McDonald (April 14, 1878 – November 15, 1941) was an American railroad executive. He was president of the Southern Pacific Company, the parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
McDonald attended the University of Notre Dame, where he was the first baseman and team captain for the baseball team, and both the quarterback and placekicker for the football team in 1899. McDonald was the first kicker at the university to use a holder (a technique known then as the "Princeton Kick") rather than the drop kick.
In 1931, McDonald was named a Knight of Malta by Pope Pius XI.
In World War II, the United States liberty ship was named in his honor.
References[]
- Yenne, Bill (1985). The history of the Southern Pacific. Bonanza, New York, NY.
- Gagnon, Cappy (2004). Notre Dame Baseball Greats. Arcadia, Mount Pleasant, SC.
Categories:
- 20th-century American railroad executives
- Southern Pacific Railroad people
- American football quarterbacks
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players
- 1878 births
- 1941 deaths
- American football quarterback stubs
- American business biography, 19th-century birth stubs
- American rail transportation biography stubs