Archibald Cunningham

Archibald Cunningham
Personal information
Place of birth Lasswade, Scotland
Date of death 18 March 1915 (aged 36)
Place of death France
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1900–1903 Leith Athletic 30 (0)
Broxburn Shamrock
Glentoran

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Archibald Cunningham was a Scottish professional football goalkeeper who played in the Scottish League for Leith Athletic.[1]

Personal life

Cunningham worked as a miner at the Woolmet Pits.[1] He enlisted as a private in the Highland Light Infantry in September 1914, early in the First World War and was killed in France on 18 March 1915.[1] He is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial.[2]

References


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