Archie McLeod explained

Archibald McAlo McLeod[1] (15 May 1908 – 14 November 1990)[2] [3] was a Scottish footballer who played in the forward position.

Career

McLeod signed for Partick Thistle from Parkhead Juniors (where he had been capped for the Scotland Juniors team)[4] in August 1933.[5] [6] He was mainly a backup at Firhill, making three appearances in the 1933–34 Scottish First Division (scoring twice against Clyde), plus matches for the reserves in the Scottish Football Alliance[7] before leaving for Northern Ireland to further his career, joining Derry City.[8] In the 1934–35 Irish League season, he was the top goalscorer for Derry, netting 57 times, a record that still stands today. That season, he also helped the team to their first trophy with a Dunville Cup triumph,[9] which they repeated in 1937.

An injury ended his football career in 1938 and he returned home to Glasgow where he worked as a machinist with John Brown & Company shipbuilders.[10] [11]

Personal life

McLeod was the grandson of cotters from the Isle of Mull who moved south to Glasgow due to the Highland Clearances. While playing for Derry City, he married Nellie Blair, daughter of a prominent local Protestant family, in 1938, and had a daughter Helen before moving back to Scotland. Helen (died in 2007) was married to retired Church of Scotland minister and former Moderator Alexander "Sandy" McDonald (1937–2016) and they had three children, the youngest of whom is actor David Tennant.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ: The Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation, Volume 10. Oliver and Boyd. 1981. 9780715204955.
  2. https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results?search_type=people&dl_cat=statutory&dl_rec=statutory-births&surname=McLeod&surname_so=exact&forename=Archibald&forename_so=starts&sex=M&from_year=1905&to_year=1909&county=GLASGOW%20CITY&record_type=stat_births Statutory registers – Births – Search results
  3. News: Dr Who to play Derry murderer – Derry Journal . 6 March 2021 . Derry Journal . JPIMedia Ltd . 23 October 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190802210321/https://www.derryjournal.com/news/dr-who-to-play-derry-murderer-1-2141588 . 2 August 2019.
  4. Web site: Scotland Junior International Results and Lineups. Scottish Football Historical Archive . 10 April 2017.
  5. News: To shoot for Thistle . Daily Express . 31 August 1933 . 12.
  6. http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/1933+-+Archie+McLeod A sharp shootist
  7. http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/Res+v+Bo%27ness+%28H%29+Oct+1933 Partick Thistle 'A' v Bo'Ness
  8. Book: Emms, Steve . Wells, Richard . amp . Scottish Football League Players' Records 1890/91 to 1938/39 . 2007 . Tony Brown . Nottingham . 978-1-899468-66-9 . 169.
  9. http://photosales.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/media/DgJH6t8JPXgsCUQB9YMDrg..a Team photograph
  10. News: Who Do You Think You Are? – David Tennant. Who Do You Think You Are Magazine.
  11. Web site: David Tennant. Who Do You Think You Are?. BBC. 9 September 2012.

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