Tim Archer

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^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1923–24	St Kilda	22 (12)
^1 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^[1] in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[2]

In 1925, Archer was appointed as coach of the Hume Weir Football Club in the Ovens and Murray Football League.^[3][4]

Archer returned home in 1926 and played in Mangoplah's 1926 – Wagga United Football Association premiership side that defeated Tootool at The Rock.^[5]

In 1934, Archer was elected as President of the Wagga Australian Rules Football Association.^[6]

During World War II he served in the Volunteer Defence Corps, enlisting in Sydney in 1942.^[7]

Archer would later become the manager of the famous Sydney landmark, Petty's Hotel.^[8]

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.

External links

• Tim Archer's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Tim Archer at AustralianFootball.com