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Donald served on the board of directors of
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I have been all over the world, and worked with many different people including Nelson
Mandela on the day of his inauguration, but one of the best men I ever met was Mr Dick Donald he epitomised what Aberdeen was all
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Donald signed for
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during the club's most successful period in the 1980s, but he was also an important figure in the family firm, which operated cinemas, theatres and dancehalls in
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and an ice rink in the city. Each of the brothers played a part in the family business, with Peter going on to become chairman of the
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theatre group, which ran 18 theatres across the UK. During Dick Donald's playing career (see below), he was also manager of the
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cinema, and was popular among his playing colleagues for the number of tickets he could provide.
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