Archie Dyke

Archie Dyke
Personal information
Full name Archibald Samuel Dyke[1]
Date of birth September 1886[1]
Place of birth Newcastle-under-Lyme, England[1]
Date of death c.1955 (aged 68–69)[2]
Playing position Right-winger
Youth career
Chesterton
Newcastle Congregational
Newcastle P.S.A.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1909–1912 Stoke 40 (3)
1913–1914 Port Vale 19 (1)
1914 Stoke 1 (0)
Aston Villa 9 (0)
1919 Port Vale 2 (0)
Stafford Rangers
1920 Coventry City 3 (0)
1921–1922 Blackpool 1 (0)
Congleton Town
Total 72+ (4+)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Archibald Samuel "Archie" Dyke (September 1886 – c.1955) was an English footballer. He played for Stoke, Port Vale, Aston Villa, Stafford Rangers, Coventry City, Blackpool, and Congleton Town.

Playing career

Dyke played for Chesterton, Newcastle Congregational, and Newcastle P.S.A., before joining Birmingham & District League side Stoke in 1909. He played one game in the 1909–10 and 1910–11 campaigns, before making 24 appearances in 1911–12, scoring league goals against Plymouth Argyle and Bristol Rovers. He then played 15 league and three FA Cup games in 1913–14, scoring once against Treharris Athletic.[1]

He switched clubs to nearby rivals Port Vale in the summer of 1912. He made his debut in a 5–0 defeat at Stalybridge Celtic in a Central League match on 3 September 1912, and impressed enough to hold on to a first team spot.[1] He lost his place in March 1913 and returned to Stoke that summer, having played 19 league games for the "Valiants". Dyke then moved on to Aston Villa.[1] Whilst with Villa he guested for Vale during the war in 1916.[1] He rejoined the club permanently in August 1919, but after being elected back into the Football League in October 1919 the club could not negotiate his transfer. He moved on to Stafford Rangers, Coventry City, Blackpool and Congleton Town.[1]

References

Specific
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 89. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. ↑ Profile at Aston Villa Player Database
General
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, January 17, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.