£2,500
ALEXANDER "SANDY" ARCHIBALD OF RANGERS F.C. - A 9ct GOLD GLASGOW CUP 1922 WINNERS' MEDAL
By Vaughton & Sons, Birmingham, 1922, the suspension ring also marked as 9ct, total weight 18.36g, the obverse cast with the Glasgow City Crest, the reverse engraved "Glasgow Rangers, Winners of Glasgow Cup, 30th Sept. 1922, A. Archibald", housed in its original velvet-lined tooled leather fitted case.
Born in Crossgates, Fife on 23rd November 1896, Alexander Archibald began his professional footballing career at the age of nineteen, joining Glasgow Rangers after a short stint at Raith Rovers. He became a mainstay of the club, making a total 625 appearances, over the course of which he shared in three Scottish Cup victories. The first of these, in 1928, was thanks in no small part to Archibald's contribution of two goals to Rangers' 4-0 triumph over Celtic at Hampden Park. The Scotsman accordingly named him the side's "star performer".
Capped eight times for Scotland, Archibald scored his only international goal, against Wales, in February 1922, the same year as he won the Glasgow Cup medal here offered.
Following his retirement from the professional game, Archibald, the Flying Fifer o' the Glesca Rangers, returned to his home county, serving in managerial roles for both his first club, Raith Rovers and latterly Dunfermline Athletic. He died, aged only forty-nine, in 1946 and to this day is ranked among the top forty Scottish footballers by number of league appearances.
Together with the lot is a small quantity of printed material relating to Archibald's career, including the poem Tribute to Good Old Sandy Archibald by R. McLeod of Cowdenbeath.
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