Donald Thomas Beardsley (born 23 October 1946) is a Scottish former footballer who made more than 200 appearances in the English Football League playing as a left-back for Hull City, Doncaster Rovers, and Grimsby Town.
He played in the first professional game in England to be decided by a penalty shootout, the semi-final of the Watney Cup on 5 August 1970 in which Hull City lost to Manchester United at Boothferry Park.