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{{short description|English RL coach and former professional rugby league footballer}}
{{for|the American folklorist|Donald J. Ward}}
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|name                = Donald Ward
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|birth_date          = {{circa|second ¼ {{birth date text|1914}}}}
|birth_place         = [[Dewsbury]], England
|death_date          = unknown
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|position            = {{rlp|SO|SH}}
|club1               = [[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]]
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|year1end            = ≤39
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|club2               = [[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]]
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|year2end            = ≥48
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|club3               = [[Celtic de Paris]]
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| coachteam1         = [[Celtic de Paris]]
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|updated             = 17 June 2009 
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| relatives    = [[Ernest Ward]] (brother)
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'''Donald Ward''' (born {{circa|{{birth date text|1914}}}} – death unknown) was an English professional [[rugby league]] footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s, and [[Coach (sport)|coach]]ed in the 1950s. He played at club level for [[Dewsbury Rams|Dewsbury]], [[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]], [[Celtic de Paris]] and [[Wyke A.R.L.F.C.|Wyke]] [[Wyke ARLFC|ARLFC]], as a {{rlp|so}} or {{rlp|sh}}, and coached at club level for [[Celtic de Paris]] and [[Wyke A.R.L.F.C.|Wyke]] [[Wyke ARLFC|ARLFC]].<ref name="History at wykearlfc.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.wykearlfc.co.uk/a/history-7698.html|title=History at wykearlfc.co.uk|publisher=wykearlfc.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref>

==Background==
Donald Ward was born in [[Dewsbury]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], England.

==Playing career==
===Challenge Cup Final appearances===
Donald Ward played {{rlp|sh}} in [[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]]'s 8-3 aggregate victory over [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]] in the [[1943–44 Challenge Cup]] Final during the [[1943–44 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season#Challenge Cup|1943–44 season]]; the 0–3 defeat at [[Central Park (Wigan)|Central Park]], [[Wigan]] on Saturday 15 April 1944, and the 8–0 victory at [[Odsal Stadium]], [[Bradford]] on Saturday 22 April 1944, played {{rlp|sh}} in the 8–4 victory over [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]] in the [[1946–47 Challenge Cup]] Final during the [[1946–47 Northern Rugby Football League season#Challenge Cup|1946–47 season]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], [[London]] on Saturday 3 May 1947, played {{rlp|sh}} in the 3–8 defeat by [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]] in the [[1947–48 Challenge Cup]] Final during the [[1947–48 Northern Rugby Football League season#Challenge Cup|1947–48 season]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], [[London]] on Saturday 1 May 1948,<ref name="1947-1948 Challenge Cup Final">{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=428|title=1947–1948 Challenge Cup Final|publisher=wigan.rlfans.com|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018|archive-date=23 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023055838/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=428|url-status=dead}}</ref> and played {{rlp|sh}} in the 12–0 victory over [[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]] in the [[1948–49 Challenge Cup]] Final during the [[1948–49 Northern Rugby Football League season#Challenge Cup|1948–49 season]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], [[London]] on Saturday 7 May 1949.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

[[Bradford Bulls|Bradford Northern]] played in five of the six [[Challenge Cup]] finals between 1944 and 1949, the first two finals; the [[1943–44 Challenge Cup]] Final against [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]], and the [[1944–45 Challenge Cup]] Final against [[Huddersfield Giants|Huddersfield]] were played over two-legs, five Bradford Northern players played in all five of these finals, they were; [[Eric Batten]], [[Vic Darlison]], Donald Ward, [[Ernest Ward]], and [[Frank Whitcombe]].{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

==Genealogical information==
Donald Ward was the older brother of the rugby league footballer; [[Ernest Ward]].<ref name="The Millennium Masters - Backs">{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/content/History/3565/The%20Millennium%20Masters%20-%20Backs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101004182902/http://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/content/History/3565/The%20Millennium%20Masters%20-%20Backs|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 October 2010|title=The Millennium Masters - Backs|publisher=bradfordbulls.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1814 Image 'Donald Ward - Official Club photograph - 01/01/1939' at rlhp.co.uk]
*[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1842 Image 'Donald Ward - Official Club photograph - 01/01/1939' at rlhp.co.uk]
*[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1834 Image 'Challenge cup winning side. - The Bradford Northern Challenge Cup winning side of 1944. Northern beat Wigan 8-0 after losing 3-0 away from home in the first leg. - 22/04/1944' at rlhp.co.uk]
*[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1800 Image 'Championship winning team 1945 - Bradford Northern's Championship winning team of 1945. - 01/01/1945' at rlhp.co.uk]
*[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1750 Image 'Team to visit Barrow in the Cup 1946 - The team to visit Barrow in the 1946 Challenge Cup waits to board the coach. - 07/03/1946' at rlhp.co.uk]
*[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=930 Image 'The 1947 Team - The 1947 Bradford Northern team that won at Wembley. - 01/01/1947' at rlhp.co.uk]
*[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1946 Image 'Northern at Fartown - The Northern side that took on Huddersfield in 1948. Bradford won 7-2 at Fartown. - 30/03/1948' at rlhp.co.uk]
*[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1116 Image '1948 Challenge Cup Final - A world record crowd of 91,465 saw Bradford Northern lose to Wigan by 8 points to 3 in this 1948 Final at Wembley. Here King George VI is seen being introduced to the Bradford Northern side. - 01/05/1948' at rlhp.co.uk]
*[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1111 Image '1948/49 Challenge Cup and Yorkshire Cup Winners  The 1948/9 Yorkshire Cup and Challenge Cup Winners. Date: 01/01/1949' at rlhp.co.uk]
*[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1165 Image 'Ernest Ward holds the Championship Trophy - Dennis Trotter points to the Championship Trophy as Ernest Ward holds the Cup. - 04/06/1981' at rlhp.co.uk]
*[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/imagedetail.asp?id=1193 Image 'Northern Greats - A collection of Northern Greats return to the pitch to celebrate 50 years at Odsal Stadium. - 26/08/1984' at rlhp.co.uk]
*[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results?basicsearch=%22donald%20ward%22&retrievecountrycounts=false Search for "Donald Ward" at britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk]
*[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results?basicsearch=%22don%20ward%22&retrievecountrycounts=false Search for "Don Ward" at britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk]
* (archived by web.archive.org) [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061904/http://www.wykearlfc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/history.htm History at wykearlfc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk]
* (archived by archive.is) [https://archive.today/20130902194918/http://www.wykearlfc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/history.htm History at wykearlfc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk]
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