Archie Kyle

Archie Kyle

Personal information
Full name	Archibald Kyle
Date of birth	13 July 1883
Place of birth	Kinning Park, Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death	21 July 1957 (aged 74)
Place of death	Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position	Centre forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1904-1908	Rangers	099	(47)
1908-1909	Blackburn Rovers	36	(8)
1909	Bradford Park Avenue
1910	Bo'ness
1910	Linfield
1910-1911	Clyde
1911-1914	St Mirren
1914-1918	Hamilton Academical
National team
1906–1908	Scottish League XI[1]	2	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Archibald "Archie" Kyle (13 July 1883 – 21 July 1957) was a Scottish football player. Kyle played for Rangers, Blackburn Rovers and Hamilton Academical.

Kyle joined Rangers from Parkhead in 1904.^[2] He was one of a number of Roman Catholic players at the club during the early 1900s.^[3] Kyle made 110 appearances for the club and scored 52 goals during his four season spell. He left Rangers 1908 to move to England with Blackburn Rovers and later Bradford Park Avenue before a brief stint in Northern Ireland at Linfield. Kyle returned to Scotland and played with Clyde, St Mirren and Hamilton Academical.

Personal life

Married Letitia Hargreaves in 1905. Raised his family in Bridgeton, Glasgow. Grandson from daughter Mary "Catherine" Miller née Kyle is singer songwriter Frankie Miller.

References

1. "Archie Kyle - Scotland Football League Record from 24 Mar 1906 to 29 Feb 1908 clubs - Rangers". Londonhearts.com. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
2. "Archie Kyle". Rangers FC History.co.uk. Archived from the original on June 18, 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
3. Catholics who signed for Rangers in the early 1900s Archie Kyle (1904–1908), Willie Kivlichan (1906–1907), Colin Mainds (1906–1907), Tom Murray (1907–1908) (Bill Murray, The Old Firm - Sectarianism, Sport and Society in Scotland (John Donald Publishers, 1984) pp 64-5

External links

• Details of Rangers career