Don Rainsford | |
Fullname: | Donald Edward Rainsford |
Birth Date: | 17 September 1937 |
Birth Place: | Deloraine, Tasmania |
Death Place: | Melbourne, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Burnie (NWFU) |
Height: | 189 cm |
Weight: | 90 kg |
Statsend: | 1959 |
Years1: | 1959 |
Games Goals1: | 3 (1) |
Donald Edward Rainsford (17 September 1937 – 31 August 1989)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
The son of Claude Edward Rainsford (1905–1963) and Elsie Louisa Rainsford, née Smith (1909–1992), Donald Edward Rainsford and his twin brother Malcolm John Rainsford were born at Deloraine, Tasmania on 17 September 1937.
Don Rainsford died of cancer aged 51 in 1989, leaving behind a widow and three children. A memorial plaque can be found at the Scottsdale Cemetery in Tasmania.