Personal information | |||
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Full name | Archibald Wilson [1] | ||
Date of birth | 1890 | ||
Place of birth | Newmilns, Scotland [2] | ||
Date of death | 1 July 1916 (aged 25–26) [3] | ||
Place of death | near Gommecourt, France [4] | ||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) [4] | ||
Position(s) | Outside right | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Newmilns | |||
–1909 | Nottingham Forest | 0 | (0) |
1909–1911 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
1911–1914 | Southend United | ||
1914–1915 | Middlesbrough | 21 | (8) |
1915 | → Tottenham Hotspur (guest) | 10 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Archibald Wilson (1890 – 1 July 1916) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Football League for Middlesbrough as an outside right. [1] [5] He also played in the Southern League for Southend United. [6]
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 on the first day of the Somme the following year, during the attack on the Gommecourt Salient. [4] He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. [3]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Middlesbrough | 1914–15 [7] | First Division | 21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 |
Career total | 21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 |
Southend United