Dons Explained

Dons or The Dons may refer to:

Association football

• Aberdeen F.C., a Scottish professional football club
• Hendon F.C., an English semi-professional football club
• Wimbledon F.C., a former English professional football club from London which relocated to Milton Keynes in 2003, and the two clubs that emerged from the surrounding controversy:
  • AFC Wimbledon, founded by disaffected Wimbledon F.C. supporters in 2002
  • Milton Keynes Dons F.C., as Wimbledon F.C. was renamed in 2004

Other sports

• Doncaster R.L.F.C., an English rugby league club from Doncaster, South Yorkshire
• Dorton Dons, a tug-of-war team based in Dorton, Buckinghamshire
• Essendon Football Club, an Australian rules football club
• The Los Angeles Dons, an American football team that played in the defunct All-America Football Conference in 1946–49
• The athletic teams of Loyola Blakefield school in Maryland
• San Francisco Dons, the athletic teams of the University of San Francisco, California
• Wimbledon Dons, an English motorcycle speedway team from Wimbledon, London

People

• Aage Dons (1903–1993), Danish writer
• Christian Dons
• Erik Dons (1915–2002), Norwegian diplomat
• Hans Dons (1882–1940), Norwegian naval officer and aviator
• Henny Dons (1874–1966), Norwegian educator and inner missionary
• Dons (singer) (born 1984), Latvian singer

Other uses

• The Dons, an area in Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles
• Dons, Santa Barbara High School mascot
• Dons, Spanish Fork High School mascot
• dons (unit), small Korean units of weight
• McDonald's, American fast food chain

See also

• Don (disambiguation)