William MacDonald (footballer)

William Sinclair MacDonald MBE, DSC (28 August 1911 – 1978) was a Scottish amateur football wing half who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park and Edinburgh City.

[3] MacDonald served as a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War and commanded HMS Marigold and HMS Borage.

[1][4][5] Under his command, German U-boat U-433 was sunk by HMS Marigold on 16 November 1941, for which he was mentioned in dispatches.

[4] MacDonald was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in June 1942 and an MBE in March 1943.

[4] This biographical article related to association football in Scotland, about a midfielder born in the 1910s, is a stub.