Archie Wilson (Australian footballer)
{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
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{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Archie Wilson
| image =
| fullname = Archibald William Wilson
| birth_date = {{birth date|1888|04|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Tatura, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1961|7|7|1888|04|25|df=yes}}
| death_place = Mooroopna, Victoria
| originalteam = Tatura
| height = 183 cm
| weight = 83 kg
| position = Follower
| statsend = 1913
| years1 = 1910–1913
| club1 = {{AFL Car}}
| games_goals1 = 31 (1)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Archibald William Wilson (25 April 1888 – 7 July 1961){{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/archie%2Bwilson/2652|title=Archie Wilson – Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=13 November 2014}} was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2009), p.899.
Family
The son of James Watson Wilson (1859-1939),[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11274325 Deaths: Wilson, The Argus, (Thursday, 14 December 1939), p.8.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11274547 Obituary: Mr. J. W. Wilson, The Argus, (Thursday, 14 December 1939), p.9.] and Mary Young Wilson (1855-1927), née Forsyth,[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65699960 Marriage: Wilson—Forsyth, The Kyabram Union, (Friday, 8 July 1887), p.2.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3845416 Deaths: Wilson, The Argus, (Friday, 25 March 1927), p.1.] Archibald William Wilson was born at Tatura, Victoria on 25 April 1888.
He married Elsie Jane Clydesdale (1890-1973) on 20 February 1915.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article121141978 Weddings: Wilson—Clydesdale, The Shepparton News, (Monday, 22 February 1915), p.3.]
Football
=(Carlton VFL)=
He was recruited from Tatura Football Club by the Carlton Secretary, Arthur Ford, who, having been alerted to the potential of the Shepparton player, Tom McCluskey, had gone to see a match between Tatura and Shepparton on Wednesday 24 August 1910, and was so impressed that he immediately signed up both Shepparton's McClusky and Tatura's Wilson.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241978799 Football: The Play and Players, The Herald, (Friday, 26 August 1910), p.2.]
Wilson and McClusky both made their debut for Carlton against Richmond, at Princes Park, on the following Saturday, 27 August 1910, and both played for the Carlton First XVIII that lost to Collingwood in the 1910 Grand Final.
Death
He died at the Mooroopna Hospital on 7 July 1961.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8bAUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hLoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4259%2C1145931 Deaths: Wilson, The Age, (Saturday, 8 July 1961), p.19.]
Notes
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References
- {{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria}}
External links
- {{AFL Tables|ref=A/Archie_Wilson.html}}
- {{AustralianFootball|ref=archie%2Bwilson/2652}}
- [http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Archie+Wilson Archie Wilson's profile] at Blueseum
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Category:Carlton Football Club players
Category:Tatura Football Club players
Category:People educated at Geelong College
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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