Archie Aikman

Archie Aikman
Personal information
Date of birth 23 March 1925
Place of birth Falkirk, Scotland
Date of death 21 February 1998(1998-02-21) (aged 72)
Place of death Glasgow, Scotland
Position Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1947 St Mirren 21 (9)
1947–1949 Falkirk 55 (42)
1949–1951 Manchester City 0 (0)
1951–1953 Stenhousemuir 19 (11)
1953–1955 Falkirk 9 (2)
1955–1957 Dundee United 55 (18)
Total 159 (82)
International career
1948 Scottish Football League XI 1 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Archie Aikman (23 March 1925 – 21 February 1998) was a Scottish footballer who played for Rangers, Falkirk, St Mirren, Stenhousemuir and Dundee United. He finished as the top scorer in the Scottish Football League Division One in the 1947–48 season, scoring 20 goals. He signed for Manchester City in 1948, however due to a car crash in pre-season he never played a competitive game for them.

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Aikman worked with Glasgow-based station Scottish Television as a regular contributor to long-running show Scotsport and also found time to cover irregular shifts as a relief continuity announcer (often out-of-vision, sometimes in-vision) on occasions of holidays, illness or other staff absences in the Theatre Royal.

References

  1. ↑ "Archie Aikman - Scotland Football League Record from 24 Apr 1948 to 24 Apr 1948 clubs - Falkirk". www.londonhearts.com.
  2. ↑ "Archie Aikman | Player Statistics | Dundee United (Arab Archive)". www.arabarchive.co.uk.
  3. ↑ Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database
  4. ↑ "Scotland - List of Topscorers". www.rsssf.org. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "British Newspaper Archive 19620525" – via British Newspaper Archive.