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{{short description|Scottish footballer and manager}}
{{for|the former Nova Scotia politician|Alexander Lackie Archibald}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name          = Sandy Archibald
| image          =
| fullname       = Alexander Archibald
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1896|11|23|df=y}}<ref name="ticket">OTRS 2013090310010513</ref>
| birth_place = [[Crossgates, Fife|Crossgates]], Scotland<ref name="ticket" />
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1946|11|29|1896|11|23|df=y}}<ref name="ticket" />
| death_place    = [[Crossgates, Fife|Crossgates]], [[Fife]], Scotland<ref name="ticket" />
| position       = [[Outside forward|Outside right]]
|  youthyears1 = 
|  youthclubs1 = 
|  years1 = 
|  clubs1 = Dunfermline Juniors
|  years2 = 1916–1917 
| years3 =  1917–1934
|  years4 =  1934–1935
|  clubs2 = [[Raith Rovers F.C.|Raith Rovers]]  
| clubs3 =   [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]]
|  clubs4 = [[Raith Rovers F.C.|Raith Rovers]]   
| caps2 = 35       
| caps3 =  513
| caps4 = 5  
| goals2 = 4 
| goals3 =  126 
| goals4 =  1
| totalcaps = 553  
| totalgoals = 131  
| nationalyears1 = 1918<ref>[http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/1918+-+Scotland+v+England 45,000 view the charity 'national match], Sunday Post, 9 June 1918 (via Partick Thistle History Archive)</ref>
| nationalteam1 =  [[Scotland national football team results (unofficial matches)#World War I|Scotland (wartime)]]
| nationalcaps1 =  1
| nationalgoals1 =  1 
| nationalyears2 =  1919–1933
| nationalteam2 =  [[Scottish League XI]]
| nationalcaps2 =  12
| nationalgoals2 =  1 
| nationalyears3 =  1921–1932
| nationalteam3 = [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]
| nationalcaps3 =  8  
| nationalgoals3 =  1
|  manageryears1 =  1934–1939  
| manageryears2 =  1939–1946
|  managerclubs1 = [[Raith Rovers F.C.|Raith Rovers]]  
| managerclubs2 =  [[Dunfermline Athletic F.C.|Dunfermline]]
}}
'''Alexander Archibald''' (23 November 1896 – 29 November 1946) was a Scottish [[association football|footballer]], who played for [[Raith Rovers F.C.|Raith Rovers]], [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] and [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]. He was later secretary/manager of Raith and [[Dunfermline Athletic F.C.|Dunfermline Athletic]].

==Playing career==
===Club===
Initially employed as a [[miner]] in [[Fife]], Archibald became a full professional when he joined Rangers at the age of 19 from [[Raith Rovers F.C.|Raith Rovers]] in 1917.<ref name=litsterprewar>[A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players], John Litster / Scottish Football Historian magazine, October 2012</ref> He made his debut in a 2–0 defeat to [[Old Firm]] rivals [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] in the [[Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup]] final in May 1917.<ref name=fsrfc/> The following season he was an ever-present as Rangers won the League title for the first time in five seasons.

Archibald went on to win thirteen [[List of Scottish football champions|league titles]] in his seventeen seasons with the [[Glasgow]] club. He also won three [[Scottish Cup]] medals, the first of which in 1928 was Rangers' first in 25 years and Archibald scored twice in [[1928 Scottish Cup Final|the final]] as Rangers defeated Celtic 4–0 at [[Hampden Park|Hampden]].<ref>[https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1928/1928041408.htm Rangers' Forwards Advantage], The Scotsman, 16 April 1928, via London Hearts Supporters Club</ref> His final appearance was in a 1–1 draw away to [[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]] on 30 April 1934. He made 625 appearances for Rangers in all competitions.<ref name=fsrfc>[http://www.fitbastats.com/rangers/player.php?playerid=1661 Rangers player Archibald, Sandy], FitbaStats</ref>

===International===
Archibald won a total of 8 [[cap (football)|caps]] for Scotland over an 11-year period, although most of his selections occurred between his 1921 debut and 1924.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/players/alexanderarchibald.html|title=Scotland player Sandy Archibald |website=London Hearts Supporters' Club|access-date=11 May 2020}}</ref> After a seven-year hiatus, he earned a recall for the matches against [[England national football team|England]] in 1931 and 1932. He scored once for his country, against [[Wales national football team|Wales]] in February 1922. Archibald also played for the [[Scottish League XI]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/players/alexanderarchibald.html |title=SFL player Alexander Archibald |website=London Hearts Supporters' Club|access-date=26 April 2014}}</ref>

==Managerial career==
After his playing retirement he rejoined Raith Rovers as secretary/manager, a role he held for over five years. He joined the [[Kirkcaldy]] side's [[Fife derby|Fife rivals]] Dunfermline in October 1939 and performed a similar combined managerial role for them until his death in 1946.<ref>{{cite book| first=Douglas| last=Lamming| title=A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who's Who, 1872–1986| publisher=Hutton Press| year=1987| isbn=0-907033-47-4| page=13}}</ref><ref>[https://dafc.co.uk/story.php?t=Sandy_Archibald_1939-46&ID=4908 Former Managers | Sandy Archibald 1939–46], Dunfermline Athletic FC</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of footballers in Scotland by number of league appearances]] (500+)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{SFA profile}}

{{Raith Rovers F.C. managers}}
{{Dunfermline Athletic F.C. managers}}

{{Rangers F.C. Hall of Fame}}

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