{{short description|Scotland international rugby union player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Use British English|date=September 2012}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Archibald Symington | image = | caption = | birth_name = Archibald William Symington | birth_date = 20 March 1892 | birth_place = Calcutta, India | death_date = 8 May {{death year and age|1941|1892}} | death_place = North Connel, Scotland | height = | weight = | position = Lock, Second-row | repteam1 = {{nrut|Scotland}} | repyears1 = 1914 | repcaps1 = 2 | reppoints1 = | ru_ntupdate = | years1 = | apps1 = | points1 = | provinceyears1 = | provinceapps1 = | province1 = | provincepoints1 = | amatteam1 = Cambridge University RUFC | amatteam2 = London Scottish F.C. | amatyears1 = | coachteams1 = | coachyears1 = | school = Fettes College | university = Cambridge University }}

'''Archibald William Symington''' (20 March 1892 &ndash; 8 May 1941) was a Scottish international rugby union player, who was killed in World War II.<ref name=Bath1>Bath, p. 109</ref><ref name=Scrum>Scum.com player profile. Retrieved 20 February 2010</ref>

He was capped twice for {{nrut|Scotland}} in 1914 at lock/second row.<ref name=Bath1/><ref name=Scrum/> He also played for Cambridge University RFC.<ref name=Bath1/>

==See also== * List of Scottish rugby union players killed in World War II

==Sources== * Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 {{ISBN|1-905326-24-6}}) * Massie, Allan ''A Portrait of Scottish Rugby'' (Polygon, Edinburgh; {{ISBN|0-904919-84-6}})

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{ESPNscrum|2491}}

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