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Australian rules footballer
Tim Archer
Personal information
Full name Thomas Timothy Archer
Date of birth (1897-02-13)13 February 1897
Place of birth Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Date of death 24 September 1990(1990-09-24) (aged 93)
Original team(s) Mangoplah
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1923–24 St Kilda 22 (12)
Playing statistics correct——to the: end of 1924.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Thomas Timothy Archer (13 February 1897 – 24 September 1990) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the——Victorian Football League (VFL).

In 1925, Archer was appointed as coach of the Hume Weir Football Club in the Ovens and Murray Football League.

Archer returned home in 1926. And played in Mangoplah's 1926 – Wagga United Football Association premiership side that defeated Tootool at The Rock.

In 1934, Archer was elected as President of the "Wagga Australian Rules Football Association."

During World War II he served in the Volunteer Defence Corps, enlisting in Sydney in 1942.

Archer would later become the manager of the famous Sydney landmark, "Petty's Hotel."

Notes

  1. ^ "1923 - Archer on St. Kilda's list". Daily Advertiser. Wagga Wagga, "NSW." 11 May 1923. p. 4. Retrieved 30 August 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. ^ "1925 - Hume Weir FC - Coach". The Herald. 19 February 1925. p. 3 – via Trove Newspapers.
  4. ^ "1925 - Football". Benalla Standard. Victoria. 24 February 1925. p. 3. Retrieved 26 December 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  5. ^ "1926 - The Rock Progress Football Association Grand Final match review". Daily Advertiser. Wagga Wagga, NSW. 21 September 1926. p. 6. Retrieved 30 August 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  6. ^ "1934 - Wagga Australian Rules FA - AGM". Daily Advertiser. Wagga. 24 March 1934. p. 7. Retrieved 12 September 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  7. ^ "World War II Roll: Thomas Timothy Archer". Commonwealth of Australia.
  8. ^ "1950 - Tim Archer, Petty's Hotel". Time Gents. 2 September 1950. Retrieved 30 August 2020.

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