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Archie Blue

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Archie Blue
Personal information
Full name Archibald Blue[1]
Date of birth (1940-04-08) 8 April 1940 (age 84)
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

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Club career

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Archie Blue". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Archie Blue at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  3. ^ smh.com Australian football league history
  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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