Personal information | |||
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Full name | Archibald Blue[1] | ||
Date of birth | 8 April 1940 | ||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Royal Albert | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1960–1961 | Heart of Midlothian | 0 | (0) |
1961–1962 | Exeter City | 34 | (6) |
1962 | Carlisle United | 2 | (1) |
Footscray JUST | ? | ||
APIA | ? | ||
International career | |||
1965–68 | Australia | 10 | (4) |
1965 | Australia B | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Archibald Blue (born 8 April 1940) is a footballer, who played as a centre forward in the Football League during the 1960s, before moving to Australia and playing international football for them.
Playing career
[edit]Club career
[edit]He was born in Glasgow and played in his youth with Royal Albert. He moved to senior football with Hearts, but did not play a league game for them.[2]
He then transferred to Exeter City and played for them between 1961 and 1962, before a transfer to Carlisle United for the 1962–63 season, although he only made 2 appearances for the club.[2]
Blue then moved to Australia and played for the Footscray JUST club,[2] and later APIA.
International career
[edit]He was capped by the Australia national football team on 12 occasions, 10 in full internationals, and scored 4 goals, including a hat-trick in a 3–1 victory over China in 1965.[3][4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Archie Blue". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- ^ a b c Archie Blue at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- ^ smh.com Australian football league history
- ^ "The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps And Captains" (PDF). Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ^ "Blue, Archibald". Australian Player Database. OzFootball. Retrieved 31 December 2013.