Archie Aikman | |
Birth Date: | 23 March 1925 |
Birth Place: | Falkirk, Scotland |
Death Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
Position: | Centre forward |
Years1: | 1946–1947 |
Clubs1: | St Mirren |
Caps1: | 21 |
Goals1: | 9 |
Years2: | 1947–1949 |
Clubs2: | Falkirk |
Caps2: | 55 |
Goals2: | 42 |
Years3: | 1949–1951 |
Clubs3: | Manchester City |
Caps3: | 0 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1951–1953 |
Clubs4: | Stenhousemuir |
Caps4: | 19 |
Goals4: | 11 |
Years5: | 1953–1955 |
Clubs5: | Falkirk |
Caps5: | 9 |
Goals5: | 2 |
Years6: | 1955–1957 |
Clubs6: | Dundee United |
Caps6: | 55 |
Goals6: | 18 |
Totalcaps: | 159 |
Totalgoals: | 82 |
Nationalyears1: | 1948 |
Nationalteam1: | Scottish Football League XI[1] |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Archie Aikman (23 March 1925 – 21 February 1998)[2] was a Scottish footballer who played for Rangers, Falkirk, St Mirren, Stenhousemuir and Dundee United.[3] He finished as the top scorer in the Scottish Football League Division One in the 1947–48 season, scoring 20 goals.[4] He signed for Manchester City in 1948, however due to a car crash in pre-season he never played a competitive game for them.
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Aikman worked with Glasgow-based station Scottish Television as a regular contributor to long-running show Scotsport and also found time to cover irregular shifts as a relief continuity announcer (often out-of-vision, sometimes in-vision) on occasions of holidays, illness or other staff absences in the Theatre Royal.[5]