Archie Baird

Archie Baird
Personal information
Full name Archibald MacKechnie Baird[1]
Date of birth (1919-05-08)8 May 1919
Place of birth Rutherglen, Scotland
Date of death 3 November 2009(2009-11-03) (aged 90)
Place of death Aberdeen, Scotland
Position(s) Inside forward
Youth career
Rutherglen Glencairn
Strathclyde
1938–1939 Aberdeen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1940Leeds United (guest)[2] 1 (0)
1946–1953 Aberdeen 104 (26)
1953–1956 St Johnstone 77 (3)
Total 182 (29)
International career
1946 Scotland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Archibald MacKechnie Baird (8 May 1919 – 3 November 2009) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Aberdeen and St Johnstone. He was also capped once by the Scotland national football team.

  1. ^ Ponting, Ivan (1 December 2009). "Archie Baird: Footballer who escaped from POW camp before helping Aberdeen to post-war triumphs". The Independent. London. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Leeds United Wartime Guest Profiles - Archie Baird". Leeds United FC History. Retrieved 13 May 2017.