| Full name | Donald Joseph McDeed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 22 March 1931 Hastings, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 July 2026 (aged 95) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Donald Joseph McDeed (22 March 1931 – 29 July 2026) was an Australian international rugby union player.
McDeed was born in the Victorian town of Hastings on 22 March 1931. He was educated at Sydney's St Patrick's College.
A hooker, McDeed played for Parramatta during the early 1950s, before switching to Manly. He was called up by the Wallabies in 1961 as understudy to Peter Johnson in a home series against Fiji, then kept his place for that year's tour of South Africa, featuring in their draw against South-West Africa and win over Border.
McDeed died on 29 July 2026, at the age of 95.