Archie Wilson (Australian footballer)

Archibald William Wilson (25 April 1888 – 7 July 1961)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Archie Wilson
Personal information
Full name Archibald William Wilson
Date of birth (1888-04-25)25 April 1888
Place of birth Tatura, Victoria
Date of death 7 July 1961(1961-07-07) (aged 73)
Place of death Mooroopna, Victoria
Original team(s) Tatura
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Position(s) Follower
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1910–1913 Carlton 31 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1913.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of James Watson Wilson (1859-1939),[3][4] and Mary Young Wilson (1855-1927), née Forsyth,[5][6] Archibald William Wilson was born at Tatura, Victoria on 25 April 1888.

He married Elsie Jane Clydesdale (1890-1973) on 20 February 1915.[7]

Football

(Carlton VFL)

He was recruited from Tatura Football Club by the Carlton Secretary, Arthur Ford, who, having been alerted to the potential of the Shepparton player, Tom McCluskey, had gone to see a match between Tatura and Shepparton on Wednesday 24 August 1910, and was so impressed that he immediately signed up both Shepparton's McClusky and Tatura's Wilson.[8]

Wilson and McClusky both made their debut for Carlton against Richmond, at Princes Park, on the following Saturday, 27 August 1910, and both played for the Carlton First XVIII that lost to Collingwood in the 1910 Grand Final.

Death

He died at the Mooroopna Hospital on 7 July 1961.[9]

Notes
  1. "Archie Wilson – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  2. Holmesby & Main (2009), p.899.
  3. Deaths: Wilson, The Argus, (Thursday, 14 December 1939), p.8.
  4. Obituary: Mr. J. W. Wilson, The Argus, (Thursday, 14 December 1939), p.9.
  5. Marriage: Wilson—Forsyth, The Kyabram Union, (Friday, 8 July 1887), p.2.
  6. Deaths: Wilson, The Argus, (Friday, 25 March 1927), p.1.
  7. Weddings: Wilson—Clydesdale, The Shepparton News, (Monday, 22 February 1915), p.3.
  8. Football: The Play and Players, The Herald, (Friday, 26 August 1910), p.2.
  9. Deaths: Wilson, The Age, (Saturday, 8 July 1961), p.19.

References
  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
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