Archie Blue

Archie Blue
Personal information
Full name Archibald Blue[1]
Date of birth (1940-04-08) 8 April 1940
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position 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

Club career

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

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

  1. ↑ "Archie Blue". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Archie Blue at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  3. ↑ Wilkins, Phil (11 March 2006). "A-League's showpiece the fruit after 50 years of labour". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  4. ↑ "The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps And Captains" (PDF). Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "Blue, Archibald". Australian Player Database. OzFootball. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
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