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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Archibald Hunter | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 23 September 1859||
Place of birth | Joppa, Ayrshire, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 29 November 1894[1] | (aged 35)||
Place of death | Aston, Birmingham, England | ||
Position(s) | Forward[1] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1877-1878 | Ayr Thistle | ||
1878 | Third Lanark | ||
1878–1890 | Aston Villa | 32 | (8) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Archibald Hunter (23 September 1859 – 29 November 1894) was a Scottish footballer who, in 1887, was the first captain of Aston Villa to lift the FA Cup. He was one of Victorian football's first household names.