Archibald Cunningham
Personal information | |||
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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
- 1 2 3 http://www.edinburghs-war.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/pdf_Season_1914-1915_%28Fell%29.pdf
- ↑ Manchester, Reading Room. "Casualty Details". Retrieved 30 July 2016.
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