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

Career

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][4] Kyle made 110 League and Scottish Cup appearances for the club and scored 52 goals during his four-season spell. He was unable to claim any major honours in an era when rivals Celtic were dominant, the nearest being a runners-up medal from the 1904–05 Scottish Cup.[5]

He left Rangers 1908 to move to England with Blackburn Rovers and later Bradford Park Avenue before a brief stint in Ireland at Linfield. Kyle returned to Scotland and played with Clyde, St Mirren[6] and Hamilton Academical.[7]

Personal life

Kyle married Letitia Hargreaves in 1905 and raised his family in Bridgeton, Glasgow. His grandson from daughter Mary "Catherine" Miller née Kyle is singer-songwriter Frankie Miller.

In 1924, he and John Browning, a former Celtic player, were found guilty of attempting to bribe Bo'ness player Peter Brown in a public house in Glasgow's Dundas Street: both men were sentenced to 60 days' hard labour.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Archie Kyle - Scotland Football League Record from 24 Mar 1906 to 29 Feb 1908 clubs - Rangers". Londonhearts.com. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Archie Kyle". Rangers FC History.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 June 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
  4. ^ Ibrox left-footers, The Glasgow Herald, 15 September 1989
  5. ^ "Rangers player Archie Kyle profile". Fitbastats. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ Kyle, Archie, Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
  8. ^ "Liverpool player John Browning profile". LFC History. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

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