{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Archie Dyke | image = | caption = | fullname = Archibald Samuel Dyke<ref name="kent"/> | birth_date = September 1886<ref name="kent"/> | birth_place = Newcastle-under-Lyme, England<ref name="kent"/> | death_date = c.{{death year and age|1955|1886}}<ref>[http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/407.html Profile] at Aston Villa Player Database</ref> | height = | position = Right winger | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Chesterton | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Newcastle Congregational | youthyears3 = | youthclubs3 = Newcastle P.S.A. | years1 = 1909–1912| clubs1 = Stoke| caps1 = 26| goals1 = 2 | years2 = 1913–1914| clubs2 = Port Vale| caps2 = 19| goals2 = 1 | years3 = 1914| clubs3 = Stoke| caps3 = 15| goals3 = 1 | years4 = 1914–1919| clubs4 = Aston Villa| caps4 = 9| goals4 = 0 | years5 = 1919| clubs5 = Port Vale| caps5 = 2| goals5 = 0 | years6 = | clubs6 = Stafford Rangers| caps6 = | goals6 = | years7 = 1920 | clubs7 = Coventry City| caps7 =3 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 1921–1922| clubs8 = Blackpool| caps8 = 1| goals8 = 0 | years9 = | clubs9 = Congleton Town| caps9 = | goals9 = | totalcaps = 75+| totalgoals = 4+ }}
'''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.<ref name="kent"/>
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.<ref name="kent">{{cite book|last=Kent|first=Jeff|title=Port Vale Personalities|publisher=Witan Books|page=89|year=1996|isbn=0-9529152-0-0}}</ref> 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.<ref name="kent"/> Whilst with Villa, he guested for Vale during the war in 1916.<ref name="kent"/> 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.<ref name="kent"/>
==Personal life== 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.<ref name="FATFWW" />
==Career statistics== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=3|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<ref name="FATFWW">{{Cite news |url=http://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/archie-dyke/ |title=Archie Dyke Aston Villa |work=Football and the First World War |access-date=24 November 2017 |language=en-US}}</ref> ||Southern League Division One ||24||2||0||0||24||2 |- |Port Vale |1913–14<ref name="ENFA">{{ENFA}}</ref> |Central League |19||1||1||0||20||1 |- |Stoke |1913–14 |Southern League Division Two |15||1||3||0||18||1 |- | rowspan="3" |Aston Villa |1913–14<ref name="11v11">{{Cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/archibald-dyke-44759/ |title=Archibald Dyke |website=11v11.com |access-date=24 November 2017}}</ref> |First Division |6||0||0||0||6||0 |- |1914–15<ref name="11v11" /> |First Division |3||0||0||0||3||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !9!!0!!0!!0!!9!!0 |- |Port Vale |1919–20<ref name="ENFA" /> |Central League |1||0||0||0||1||0 |- |Coventry City |1920–21<ref name="11v11" /> |Second Division |3||0||0||0||3||0 |- |Blackpool |1921–22<ref name="FATFWW" /> |Second Division |1||0||0||0||1||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !74!!4!!4!!0!!78!!4 |}
==References== ;Specific {{reflist}}
;General * {{cite book|first=Michael|last=Joyce|title=Football League Players' Records 1888–1939|year=2004 | isbn= 1-899468-67-6}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dyke, Archie}} Category:1886 births Category:1955 deaths Category:Footballers from Newcastle-under-Lyme Category:Military personnel from Staffordshire Category:English men's footballers Category:Men's association football wingers Category:Stoke City F.C. players Category:Port Vale F.C. players Category:Aston Villa F.C. players Category:Port Vale F.C. wartime guest players Category:Stafford Rangers F.C. players Category:Coventry City F.C. players Category:Blackpool F.C. players Category:Congleton Town F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:British Army personnel of World War I Category:Royal Army Veterinary Corps soldiers Category:Royal Horse Artillery soldiers Category:20th-century English sportsmen