Archie Wilson (footballer, born 1890)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Archibald Wilson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1890 | ||
| Place of birth | Newmilns, Scotland[2] | ||
| Date of death | 1 July 1916 (aged 25–26) [3] | ||
| Place of death | near Gommecourt, France[4] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[4] | ||
| Position | Outside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Newmilns | |||
| –1909 | Nottingham Forest | 0 | (0) |
| 1909–1911 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
| 1911–1914 | Southend United | ||
| 1914–1915 | Middlesbrough | 21 | (8) |
| 1915 | → Tottenham Hotspur (guest) | 10 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Archibald Wilson (1890 – 1 July 1916) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Football League for Middlesbrough as an outside right.[1][5] He also played in the Southern League for Southend United.[6]
Wilson initially worked in a munitions factory during the First World War, before enlisting as a private in the London Scottish in 1915.[4] He was killed on the first day of the Somme the following year, during the attack on the Gommecourt Salient.[4] He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.[3]
