Archie Blue

Archie Blue
Personal information
Date of birth	8 April 1940 (age 84)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Royal Albert
Senior career*
Years	Team
1960–1961	Heart of Midlothian
1961–1962	Exeter City
1962	Carlisle United
	Footscray JUST
	APIA
International career
1965–68	Australia
1965	Australia B
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Archibald "Archie" Blue (born 8 April 1940) is a Scottish-born footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League during the 1960s, before moving to Australia and playing international football for them.

Playing career

Club career

He was born in Glasgow and played in his youth with Royal Albert. He moved to senior football with Hearts, but did not play a league game for them.^[1]

He then transferred to Exeter City and played for them between 1961 and 1962, before a transfer to Carlisle United for the 1962–63 season, although he only made 2 appearances for the club.^[1]

Blue then moved to Australia and played for the Footscray JUST club,^[1] and later APIA.

International career

He was capped by the Australia national football team on 12 occasions, 10 in full internationals, and scored 4 goals, including a hat-trick in a 3–1 victory over China in 1965.^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Neil Brown player stats
^ smh.com Australian football league history
^ "The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps And Captains" (PDF). Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
^ "Blue, Archibald". Australian Player Database. OzFootball. Retrieved 31 December 2013.

External links

Newspaper report of his appearance in Australia squad in 1968

[nb-1] Neil Brown player stats

[2] smh.com Australian football league history

[ffa1-3] "The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps And Captains" (PDF). Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 31 December 2013.

[ozfootball-profile-4] "Blue, Archibald". Australian Player Database. OzFootball. Retrieved 31 December 2013.

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