fullname years clubs caps goals birth_place position birth_date article_title name
jack mcdonald 1949 -- 1952 tranmere rovers 89 0 liverpool full back 1921 john mcdonald -lrb- footballer , born 1921 -rrb-
 jack mcdonald
john mcdonald -lrb- footballer , born 1921 -rrb-

jack mcdonald -lrb- born 1921 -rrb- is a footballer who played as a full back in the football league for tranmere rovers.he joined tranmere after spending some 9 years with liverpool football club , where he played for the first team during the war years .
after sustaining a severe knee injury whilst trying to kick an opponent in temper -lrb- a family tradition upheld by his eldest son allan -rrb- he briefly joined wigan athletic in none league football before injury and the threat of losing an insurance payout forced his retirement .
he was much appreciated by tranmere fans , who nicknamed him ` dirty jack mac ` and voted him into the best tranmere team since the war in the 1960s .
he is credited with scoring one own goal , which he vigorously denied , and was dropped briefly for insisting on breaking in sub standard boots provided by the club one at time .
-lrb- this meant that he played with one black boot and one brown , an anomaly not lost on rival fans .
