Archibald William Wilson (25 April 1888 – 7 July 1961) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2009), p.899.
Family The son of James Watson Wilson (1859-1939),Deaths: Wilson, The Argus, (Thursday, 14 December 1939), p.8.Obituary: Mr. J. W. Wilson, The Argus, (Thursday, 14 December 1939), p.9. and Mary Young Wilson (1855-1927), née Forsyth,Marriage: Wilson—Forsyth, The Kyabram Union, (Friday, 8 July 1887), p.2.Deaths: Wilson, The Argus, (Friday, 25 March 1927), p.1. Archibald William Wilson was born at Tatura, Victoria on 25 April 1888.
He married Elsie Jane Clydesdale (1890-1973) on 20 February 1915.Weddings: Wilson—Clydesdale, The Shepparton News, (Monday, 22 February 1915), p.3.
Football (Carlton VFL) He was recruited from Tatura Football Club by the Carlton Secretary, Arthur Ford, who, having been alerted to the potential of the Shepparton player, Tom McCluskey, had gone to see a match between Tatura and Shepparton on Wednesday 24 August 1910, and was so impressed that he immediately signed up both Shepparton's McClusky and Tatura's Wilson.Football: The Play and Players, The Herald, (Friday, 26 August 1910), p.2.
Wilson and McClusky both made their debut for Carlton against Richmond, at Princes Park, on the following Saturday, 27 August 1910, and both played for the Carlton First XVIII that lost to Collingwood in the 1910 Grand Final.
Death He died at the Mooroopna Hospital on 7 July 1961.Deaths: Wilson, The Age, (Saturday, 8 July 1961), p.19.
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Archie Wilson's profile at Blueseum