| Andrew Donaldson | |
| Fullname: | Andrew Clark Donaldson |
| Height: | 5ft 6in |
| Position: | Inside left |
| Birth Date: | 8 November 1886 |
| Birth Place: | Mossend, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Cleland, Scotland |
| Years1: | 1904–1906 |
| Clubs1: | Ashfield |
| Years2: | 1906–1908 |
| Clubs2: | Motherwell |
| Caps2: | 63 |
| Goals2: | 15 |
| Years3: | 1908–1911 |
| Clubs3: | Airdrieonians |
| Caps3: | 92 |
| Goals3: | 22 |
| Years4: | 1911–1912 |
| Clubs4: | Celtic |
| Caps4: | 17 |
| Goals4: | 6 |
| Years5: | 1912–1918 |
| Clubs5: | Airdrieonians |
| Caps5: | 215 |
| Goals5: | 64 |
| Years6: | 1918–1920 |
| Clubs6: | Third Lanark |
| Caps6: | 44 |
| Goals6: | 9 |
| Years7: | 1920 |
| Clubs7: | Airdrieonians |
| Caps7: | 15 |
| Goals7: | 5 |
| Years8: | 1920–1922 |
| Clubs8: | St Johnstone |
| Years9: | 1922 |
| Clubs9: | Dykehead |
| Totalcaps: | 446 |
| Totalgoals: | 121 |
Andrew Clark Donaldson (8 November 1886 – 14 June 1980) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside left. His clubs included Motherwell,[1] Airdrieonians[2] (three spells, making 337 Scottish Football League and Scottish Cup appearances in total and scoring 95 goals), Celtic[3] and Third Lanark.
Donaldson's father died when he was an infant – his mother remarried and at the time of the 1891 census he was known as Andrew Colquhoun.[4] Soon afterwards his mother also died and his stepfather moved away; he and his brothers reverted to their original surname and were raised by their maternal grandparents in Motherwell.[5] He began his football career in the juniors at Ashfield, and in March 1906 scored twice for Scotland Juniors against Ireland in March 1906; he was also capped against England a few weeks later.[6]
Donaldson played regularly in the top division of Scottish football for 14 seasons, but never won a major trophy nor took part in a final[7] – however, Airdrie won the minor Lanarkshire Cup six times while he was with the club, and he is known to have been involved in the 1914 victory[8] but likely to have played in most if not all of the other finals. In January 1915 he scored four goals for Airdrie in a 5–0 league victory over Rangers,[9] [10] albeit this was during World War I when the SFL continued but wartime commitments and restrictions often affected the matches.
He later worked as a trainer and scout at Motherwell, including during the club's most successful period in the early 1930s[11] and then worked as a groundsman until he was 83.