Archie Blue

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{For|the Canadian teacher|Archibald Blue}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Archie Blue

| image =

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| 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

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| 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

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| nationalyears1 = 1965–68

| nationalyears2 = 1965

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| nationalteam1 = Australia

| nationalteam2 = Australia B

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| nationalcaps1 = 10

| nationalcaps2 = 2

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| nationalgoals1 = 4

| nationalgoals2 = 0

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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}}

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