Archibald Cunningham

Archibald Cunningham
Personal information
Full name	Archibald Cunningham
Date of birth	30 April 1879
Place of birth	Rosewell, Scotland
Date of death	18 March 1915 (aged 35)
Place of death	Pas-de-Calais, France
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1900–1903	Leith Athletic
	Broxburn Shamrock
	Glentoran
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Archibald Cunningham (30 April 1879 – 18 March 1915) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Scottish League for Leith Athletic.^[4]

Personal life

Cunningham was born in Rosewell and grew up in Lasswade.^[2] He enlisted in the Highland Light Infantry in March 1903 and later worked as a miner at the Woolmet Pits.^[2]^[5] In September 1914, shortly after the outbreak of the First World War, Cunningham re-enlisted as a private in the Highland Light Infantry.^[5] Cunningham was killed in France on 18 March 1915 after the Battle of Neuve Chapelle and is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial.^[3]^[5]

^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
^ ^a ^b ^c Archibald Cunningham on Lives of the First World War
^ ^a ^b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
^ "Archibald Cunningham | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "They Died in the Conflict during Season 1914–1915" (PDF). 10 September 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 15 May 2018.

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