Archie McLeod
Archibald McAlo McLeod[1] (15 May 1908 – 14 November 1990)[2][3] was a Scottish footballer who played in the forward position.
Career
McLeod signed for
Irish League season, he was the top goalscorer for Derry, netting 57 times, a record that still stands today. That season, he also helped the team to their first trophy with a Dunville Cup triumph,[9]
which they repeated in 1937.
An injury ended his football career in 1938 and he returned home to Glasgow where he worked as a machinist with John Brown & Company shipbuilders.[10][11]
Personal life
McLeod was the grandson of
Alexander "Sandy" McDonald (1937–2016) and they had three children, the youngest of whom is actor David Tennant.[11]
References
- ISBN 9780715204955.
- ^ Statutory registers – Births – Search results, Scotland's People (National Records of Scotland
- ^ "Dr Who to play Derry murderer – Derry Journal". Derry Journal. JPIMedia Ltd. 23 October 2009. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Scotland Junior International Results and Lineups". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ "To shoot for Thistle". Daily Express. 31 August 1933. p. 12.
- ^ A sharp shootist, 1933, via Partick Thistle History Archive
- ^ Partick Thistle 'A' v Bo'Ness, Linlithgowshire Gazette, 27 October 1933
- ISBN 978-1-899468-66-9.
- ^ Team photograph Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine – Belfast Telegraph
- ^ "Who Do You Think You Are? – David Tennant". Who Do You Think You Are Magazine.
- ^ a b "David Tennant". Who Do You Think You Are?. BBC. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
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