Don Archibald

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Donald Gladwin "Don" Archibald (born September 19, 1906 in Truro ; † May 10, 1968 ) was a Canadian soccer player who took part in a month-long tour of New Zealand with the Canadian national soccer team in 1927 and made four international appearances.

Career

Archibald played in Vancouver for the Vancouver High School team before joining Vancouver North Shore . Archibald is said to have been a fast and powerful striker who was a regular goal scorer in league and cup competitions. In 1931 he scored two goals for North Shore in a 4-2 win against the Regents in the final for the Mainland Cup of British Columbia. In the same year he scored for a local selection ( Nanaimo ) in an 8-2 defeat against a touring team of the English Football Association .

In 1927 Archibald took part as one of four players from British Columbia on a tour to New Zealand. It was the fourth major tour by a Canadian soccer team after two trips through Great Britain (1888 and 1891/1892) and to Australia in 1924, when they first made a guest appearance in New Zealand. The team left Victoria in May and returned to Canada on August 22nd after three months. In total, the Canadian team played 22 games in New Zealand, 19 of which were won and only two lost. Four of these games took place between June 25 and July 23 against the New Zealand national team , which count as official A internationals. Archibald played as a center forward in each of these four games and scored a goal in a 2-1 victory in the second meeting and contributed to a 4-1 success in the last pairing with two hits.

Web links

  • Don Archibald on the official website of the Canadian Football Association (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ canadiansoccerhistory.com: Overseas Tours by Canadian Teams: New Zealand Tour, 1927 - Players who made the trip
  2. ^ Canadiansoccerhistory.com: British Columbia: Mainland Cup
  3. ^ Canadiansoccerhistory.com: English Football Association Tour, 1931
  4. ^ Canadiansoccerhistory.com: British Columbia: The Early Years
personal data
SURNAME Archibald, Don
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Archibald, Donald Gladwin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Truro (Nova Scotia) , Canada
DATE OF DEATH May 10, 1968