Archie Wilson (footballer, born 1890)

Archie Wilson
Personal information
Full name Archibald Wilson[1]
Date of birth 1890
Place of birth Cambuslang, Scotland
Date of death 1 July 1916 (aged 2526)[2]
Place of death Somme, France[2]
Playing position Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Newmilns
Nottingham Forest 0 (0)
1909–1911 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
1911–1914 Southend United
1914–1915 Middlesbrough 21 (4)
1915Tottenham Hotspur (guest) 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Archibald "Archie" Wilson (1890 – 1 July 1916) was an English professional football outside right who played in the Football League for Middlesbrough.[1] He also played in the Southern League for Southend United.[3]

Personal life

Wilson initially worked in a munitions factory during the First World War, before enlisting as a private in the London Scottish in 1915.[4] He was killed in on the first day of the Somme the following year, during his battalion's advance on Gommecourt.[4] He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 314. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 3 "CWGC - Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  3. "Lest We Forget - 4 Aug 14 - ehotspur magazine - tottenhamhotspur.com". www.tottenhamhotspur.com. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  4. 1 2 http://web.archive.org/web/20131019053409/http://www.wickford-war-memorial.com/Images/News/Articles/Blue_Army2.pdf


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