Tim Archer

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}}

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| name = Tim Archer

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| fullname = Thomas Timothy Archer

| birth_date = {{birth date|1897|02|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Wagga Wagga, New South Wales

| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|09|24|1897|02|13|df=y}}

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| originalteam = Mangoplah

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| statsend = 1924

| years1 = 1923–24

| club1 = {{AFL StK}}

| games_goals1 = 22 (12)

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Thomas Timothy Archer (13 February 1897 – 24 September 1990) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda{{cite web |title=1923 - Archer on St. Kilda's list |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/143186657 |via=Trove Newspapers |work=Daily Advertiser|location=Wagga Wagga, NSW|accessdate=30 August 2020 |pages=4 |date=11 May 1923}} in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=26}}

In 1925, Archer was appointed as coach of the Hume Weir Football Club in the Ovens and Murray Football League.{{cite web |title=1925 - Hume Weir FC - Coach. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243724897 |via=Trove Newspapers |work=The Herald |date=19 February 1925| page=3 }}{{cite web |title=1925 - Football |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/214236398 |via=Trove Newspapers |work=Benalla Standard|location=Victoria|access-date=26 December 2020 |pages=3 |date=24 February 1925}}

Archer returned home in 1926 and played in Mangoplah's 1926 – Wagga United Football Association premiership side that defeated Tootool at The Rock.{{cite web |title=1926 - The Rock Progress Football Association Grand Final match review |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/145261416 |via=Trove Newspapers |work=Daily Advertiser|location=Wagga Wagga, NSW|accessdate=30 August 2020 |pages=6 |date=21 September 1926}}

In 1934, Archer was elected as President of the Wagga Australian Rules Football Association.{{cite web |title=1934 - Wagga Australian Rules FA - AGM |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/143590065# |via=Trove Newspapers |work=Daily Advertiser|location=Wagga |accessdate=12 September 2020 |pages=7 |date=24 March 1934}}

During World War II he served in the Volunteer Defence Corps, enlisting in Sydney in 1942.{{Cite web |title=World War II Roll: Thomas Timothy Archer |url=https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=387175&c=WW2 |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia}}

Archer would later become the manager of the famous Sydney landmark, Petty's Hotel.{{cite web |title=1950 - Tim Archer, Petty's Hotel |url=https://timegents.com/2016/12/07/sydneys-first-beer-garden/ |website=Time Gents |accessdate=30 August 2020 |date=2 September 1950}}