Archibald Blue (born 8 April 1940) is a footballer, who played as a centre forward in the Football League during the 1960s, before moving to Australia and playing international football for them.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Archibald Blue[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1940-04-08) 8 April 1940 (age 82) | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Royal Albert | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1960–1961 | Heart of Midlothian | 0 | (0) |
| 1961–1962 | Exeter City | 34 | (6) |
| 1962 | Carlisle United | 2 | (1) |
| Footscray JUST | ? | ||
| APIA | ? | ||
| National team | |||
| 1965–68 | Australia | 10 | (4) |
| 1965 | Australia B | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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.[2]
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.[2]
Blue then moved to Australia and played for the Footscray JUST club,[2] and later APIA.
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.[3][4][5]