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Artie Archer

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Artie Archer
Personal information
Full name Arthur Edmund Archer
Date of birth (1871-10-25)25 October 1871
Place of birth Prahran, Victoria
Date of death 17 November 1938(1938-11-17) (aged 67)
Place of death Caulfield, Victoria
Original team(s) Marylebone
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1898 St Kilda 5 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1898.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Arthur Edmund Archer (25 October 1871 – 17 November 1938) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

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The son of Walter Edmund Archer (1823-1892),[2] and Elizabeth Ann Archer (1832-1903), née Harner,[3][4] Arthur Edmund Archer was born in Prahran, Victoria on 25 October 1871.

Football

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St. Kilda (VFA)

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He played for St. Kilda in the VFA from 1893 to 1896.

Fremantle Football Club (WAFA)

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He played for the Fremantle Football Club in 1897.

St. Kilda (VFL)

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He played for St. Kilda in the VFL in 1898.[5] His knee was so badly injured during the round 7 match against Carlton on 18 June 1898 that he had to leave the field.[6] He never played senior VFL football again.

Death

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He died at the Caulfield Repatriation Hospital on 17 November 1938.[7]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ Deaths: Archer, The Leader, (Saturday, 16 January 1892), p.45.
  3. ^ Marriages, The Argus, (Friday, 17 December 1858), p.4.
  4. ^ Deaths: Archer, The Argus. (Saturday, 27 June 1903), p.9.
  5. ^ Gossip, The Sportsman, (Tuesday, 17 May 1898), p.6.
  6. ^ St. Kilda Still Improving, The Age, (Monday, 20 June 1898), p.3; Sports & Games, The Prahran Chronicle, (Saturday, 25 June 1898), p.4; Football Notes, The Australasian, (Saturday, 25 June 1898), p.20.
  7. ^ Deaths: Archer, The Argus, (Saturday, 19 November 1938), p.6.

References

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