Archie Aikman (23 March 1925 – 21 February 1998)[2] was a Scottish footballer who played for Rangers, Falkirk, St Mirren, Stenhousemuir and Dundee United.[3] He finished as the top scorer in the Scottish Football League Division One in the 1947–48 season, scoring 20 goals.[4] 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.[5]
References
- ^ "Archie Aikman - Scotland Football League Record from 24 Apr 1948 to 24 Apr 1948 clubs - Falkirk". www.londonhearts.com.
- ^ "Archie Aikman | Player Statistics | Dundee United (Arab Archive)". www.arabarchive.co.uk.
- ^ Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database
- ^ "Scotland - List of Topscorers". www.rsssf.org. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015.
- ^ "British Newspaper Archive 19620525" – via British Newspaper Archive.
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