Archie Wilson (Australian footballer) explained

Archie Wilson
Fullname:Archibald William Wilson
Birth Date:25 April 1888
Birth Place:Tatura, Victoria
Death Place:Mooroopna, Victoria
Originalteam:Tatura
Height:183 cm
Weight:83 kg
Position:Follower
Statsend:1913
Years1:1910–1913
Games Goals1:31 (1)

Archibald William Wilson (25 April 1888 – 7 July 1961)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Family

The son of James Watson Wilson (1859-1939),[3] [4] and Mary Young Wilson (1855-1927), née Forsyth,[5] [6] Archibald William Wilson was born at Tatura, Victoria on 25 April 1888.

He married Elsie Jane Clydesdale (1890-1973) on 20 February 1915.[7]

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.[8]

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.[9]

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archie Wilson – Player Bio. Australian Football. 13 November 2014.
  2. Holmesby & Main (2009), p.899.
  3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11274325 Deaths: Wilson, The Argus, (Thursday, 14 December 1939), p.8.
  4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11274547 Obituary: Mr. J. W. Wilson, The Argus, (Thursday, 14 December 1939), p.9.
  5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65699960 Marriage: Wilson—Forsyth, The Kyabram Union, (Friday, 8 July 1887), p.2.
  6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3845416 Deaths: Wilson, The Argus, (Friday, 25 March 1927), p.1.
  7. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article121141978 Weddings: Wilson—Clydesdale, The Shepparton News, (Monday, 22 February 1915), p.3.
  8. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241978799 Football: The Play and Players, The Herald, (Friday, 26 August 1910), p.2.
  9. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8bAUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hLoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4259%2C1145931 Deaths: Wilson, The Age, (Saturday, 8 July 1961), p.19.