Archie Dyke

Archie Dyke
Personal information
Full name	Archibald Samuel Dyke
Date of birth	September 1886
Place of birth	Newcastle-under-Lyme, England
Date of death	c.1955 (aged 68–69)
Position(s)	Right winger
Youth career
	Chesterton
	Newcastle Congregational
	Newcastle P.S.A.
Senior career*
Years	Team
1909–1912	Stoke
1913–1914	Port Vale
1914	Stoke
1914–1919	Aston Villa
1919	Port Vale
	Stafford Rangers
1920	Coventry City
1921–1922	Blackpool
	Congleton Town
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Archibald Samuel Dyke (September 1886 – c.1955) was an English footballer. He played for Stoke, Port Vale, Aston Villa, Stafford Rangers, Coventry City, Blackpool, and Congleton Town.

Career

Dyke played for Chesterton, Newcastle Congregational, and Newcastle P.S.A. before joining Birmingham & District League side Stoke in 1909. He played one game in the 1909–10 and 1910–11 campaigns, before making 24 appearances in 1911–12, scoring league goals against Plymouth Argyle and Bristol Rovers. He then played 15 league and three FA Cup games in 1913–14, scoring once against Treharris Athletic.^[1]

He switched clubs to nearby rivals Port Vale in the summer of 1912. He made his debut in a 5–0 defeat at Stalybridge Celtic in a Central League match on 3 September 1912 and impressed enough to hold on to a first-team spot.^[1] He lost his place in March 1913 and returned to Stoke that summer, having played 19 league games for the "Valiants". Dyke then moved on to Aston Villa.^[1] Whilst with Villa, he guested for Vale during the war in 1916.^[1] He rejoined the club permanently in August 1919, but after being elected back into the Football League in October 1919 the club could not negotiate his transfer. He moved on to Stafford Rangers, Coventry City, Blackpool and Congleton Town.^[1]

Dyke enlisted in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps in September 1915 during the First World War. He was transferred to the Royal Horse Artillery as a gunner and served in Palestine. He was medically discharged in August 1919 after suffering dysentery.^[3]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke	1909–10	Birmingham & District League / Southern League Division Two	1	0	0	0	1	0
	1910–11	Birmingham & District League / Southern League Division Two	1	0	0	0	1	0
	1911–12^[3]	Southern League Division One	24	2	0	0	24	2
Port Vale	1913–14^[4]	Central League	19	1	1	0	20	1
Stoke	1913–14	Southern League Division Two	15	1	3	0	18	1
Aston Villa	1913–14^[5]	First Division	6	0	0	0	6	0
	1914–15^[5]	First Division	3	0	0	0	3	0
	Total		9	0	0	0	9	0
Port Vale	1919–20^[4]	Central League	1	0	0	0	1	0
Coventry City	1920–21^[5]	Second Division	3	0	0	0	3	0
Blackpool	1921–22^[3]	Second Division	1	0	0	0	1	0
Career total			74	4	4	0	78	4

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 89. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
^ Profile at Aston Villa Player Database
^ ^a ^b ^c "Archie Dyke Aston Villa". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b Archie Dyke at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b ^c "Archibald Dyke". 11v11.com. Retrieved 24 November 2017.

Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.