Archie Blue
{{short description|Scottish footballer}}
{{For|the Canadian teacher|Archibald Blue}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Archie Blue
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Archibald Blue{{Hugman|1771|accessdate=17 April 2017}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|4|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland
| death_date =
| height =
| position = Forward
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs1 = Royal Albert
| youthclubs2 =
| years1 = 1960–1961
| years2 = 1961–1962
| years3 = 1962
| years4 =
| years5 =
| clubs1 = Heart of Midlothian
| clubs2 = Exeter City
| clubs3 = Carlisle United
| clubs4 = Footscray JUST
| clubs5 = APIA
| caps1 = 0
| caps2 = 34
| caps3 = 2
| caps4 = ?
| caps5 = ?
| goals1 = 0
| goals2 = 6
| goals3 = 1
| goals4 =
| nationalyears1 = 1965–68
| nationalyears2 = 1965
| nationalyears3 =
| nationalteam1 = Australia
| nationalteam2 = Australia B
| nationalteam3 =
| nationalcaps1 = 10
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalcaps3 =
| nationalgoals1 = 4
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalgoals3 =
| medaltemplates =
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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.{{NeilBrownPlayers|player2/archieblue}}
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.
Blue then moved to Australia and played for the Footscray JUST club, 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.[http://www.smh.com.au/news/football/aleagues-showpiece-the-fruit-after-50-years-of-labour/2006/03/10/1141701690123.html?page=2 smh.com Australian football league history]{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/museum/socceroocaps.pdf|title=The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps And Captains|publisher=Football Federation Australia|accessdate=31 December 2013}}{{cite web | url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/B/BL.html | title=Blue, Archibald | publisher=OzFootball | work=Australian Player Database | accessdate=31 December 2013}}
References
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External links
- [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19680327&id=dvlXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uOcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1034,8971439 Newspaper report of his appearance in Australia squad in 1968]
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Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Australia men's international soccer players
Category:Australian men's soccer players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
Category:Exeter City F.C. players
Category:Carlisle United F.C. players
Category:Footscray JUST players
Category:APIA Leichhardt FC players
Category:Royal Albert F.C. players
Category:Footballers from Glasgow
Category:Scottish emigrants to Australia
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Scotland men's junior international footballers