Archie Lindsay

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Archie Lindsay

|fullname = Archibald Lindsay

|birth_date = 1882

|birth_place = Rosneath, Scotland

|death_date =

|death_place =

|position = Left back

| years1 = 1902–1903

| clubs1 = Rutherglen Glencairn

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1903–1904

| clubs2 = Parkhead Albion

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 1904–1905

| clubs3 = Renton

| caps3 =

| goals3 =

| years4 = 1905–1907

| clubs4 = Reading

| caps4 =

| goals4 =

| years5 = 1907–1910

| clubs5 = Fulham

| caps5 = 78

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 1911–1912

| clubs6 = Dundee

| caps6 = 32

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 1912

| clubs7 = Third Lanark

| caps7 = 0

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 1912–1914

| clubs8 = St Johnstone

| caps8 = 45

| goals8 = 1

| years9 = 1914–1915

| clubs9 = Lochgelly United

| caps9 = 9

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 1915–

| clubs10 = St Johnstone

| caps10 =

| goals10 =

| years11 = {{0|0000}}–1919

| clubs11 = Lochgelly YMCA

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| goals11 =

}}

Archibald Lindsay was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a left back in the Football League for Fulham.{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=175}}{{Cite web |title=Lindsay Archie Fulham 1908 |url=https://www.vintagefootballers.com/product/lindsay-archie-image-3-fulham-1908/ |access-date=15 July 2019 |website=Vintage Footballers |language=en-GB}} He also played in the Scottish League for St Johnstone, Dundee and Lochgelly United.

Personal life

Lindsay served as a private in the Black Watch during the First World War.{{Cite web |title=History {{!}} Our World War One heroes |url=http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/History/0,,10306~2220780,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111217081113/http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page%2FHistory%2F0%2C%2C10306~2220780%2C00.html |archive-date=17 December 2011 |access-date=15 July 2019}}

Honours

St Johnstone

  • Consolation Cup: 1913–14{{Cite book |last=Litster |first=John |title=Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players |publisher=PM Publications |location=Norwich}}

Career statistics

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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |National Cup

! colspan="2" |Other

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="3" |Dundee

|1910–11

| rowspan="2" |Scottish First Division

|9

|1

|4

|0

| colspan="2" |―

|13

|1

1911–12

|23

|0

| colspan="2" |―

| colspan="2" |―

|23

|0

colspan="2" |Total

!32

!1

!4

!0

! colspan="2" |―

!36

!1

Third Lanark

|1911–12

|Scottish First Division

|0

|0

|1

|0

| colspan="2" |―

|1

|0

rowspan="3" |St Johnstone

|1912–13

| rowspan="2" |Scottish Second Division

|24

|1

|6

|0

| colspan="2" |―

|30

|1

1913–14

|21

|0

| colspan="2" |―

|8Appearances in Scottish Qualifying Cup

|0

|29

|0

colspan="2" |Total

!45

!1

!6

!0

!8

!0

!59

!1

Lochgelly United

|1914–15

|Scottish Second Division

|9

|0

| colspan="2" |―

|8

|0

|17

|0

colspan="3" |Career total

!86

!2

!11

!0

!16

!0

!113

!2

References