Archie Freebairn

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Archie Freebairn

| image =

| fullname = Archibald Freebairn

| birth_date = 1870{{ENFA}}

| birth_place = Whiteinch, Scotland

| death_date = {{death year and age|1917|1870}}

| position = Wing half

| years1 = 1892–1893 | clubs1 = Westburn | caps1 = |goals1 =

| years2 = 1893–1894 | clubs2 = Partick Thistle | caps2 = 11 |goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1894–1907 | clubs3 = Bolton Wanderers | caps3 = 286 |goals3 = 9

| totalcaps = 297 | totalgoals = 9

}}

Archibald Freebairn (1870 – 1917) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers.{{cite book|last=Joyce|first=Michael|title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939|year=2004|publisher=SoccerData|isbn=1-899468-67-6}} He featured on the losing side in the 1904 FA Cup Final.{{cite journal|title=A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players|author=John Litster|publisher=Scottish Football Historian magazine|date=October 2012}}

His brothers Willie and David were also footballers, all three featuring for Partick Thistle.[https://ptearlyyears.net/1900s/1900-01 1900-01], Partick Thistle - The Early Years

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