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.

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(s) 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 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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  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.