| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Donald McKinnon | |||||
| Nickname | Big Donnie | |||||
| Born | 29 April 1955 | |||||
| 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. 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]
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