John Colvin Donaldson (August 22, 1925 – March 20, 2018) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

defensive back who played for the Chicago Hornets and

Los Angeles Dons The Los Angeles Dons were an American football team in the newly formed football league the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) from 1946 to 1949, and played their home games in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Dons were the first pr ...

. He played college football at the

University of Georgia , mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things." , establ ...

, having previously attended Jesup High School. He is also a former member of the Georgia Bulldogs coaching staff.

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1925 births 2018 deaths American football defensive backs Georgia Bulldogs football players Chicago Hornets players Los Angeles Dons players Players of American football from Georgia (U.S. state) People from Jesup, Georgia {{defensiveback-1920s-stub