Archie Boyd (footballer)
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Full name
Archibald Renwick Boyd[1]
Date of birth
1890
Place of birth
Seafield, Scotland
Date of death
29 September 1945 (aged 54–55)[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Archibald Renwick Boyd[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1890 | ||
| Place of birth | Seafield, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 29 September 1945 (aged 54–55)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Vancouver, British Columbia Canada | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1910–1913 | Mossend Burnvale | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1913–1914 | Bo'ness | ||
| 1914 | Partick Thistle | ||
| 1914–1916 | Heart of Midlothian | 74 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Archibald Boyd (1890 – 29 September 1945) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Scottish League for Heart of Midlothian.[3]
Boyd worked as a shale miner.[1] His brother James was also a footballer for Heart of Midlothian and after the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, the brothers were faced with the choice of which was to go to war.[4] James made the decision to enlist, as Archie was engaged to be married.[4] James was killed on the Somme while serving with McCrae's Battalion in August 1916.[4]
