Eric Archibald (born 25 March 1965) is a Scottish retired

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who made over 120 appearances as a

central defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...

in the

Scottish League The Scottish Football League (SFL) is a defunct league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland.One club, Berwick Rangers, is based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is located approximately 4 k ...

for

Cowdenbeath Cowdenbeath () is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is north-east of Dunfermline and north of the capital, Edinburgh. The town grew up around the extensive coalfields of the area and became a police burgh in 1890. According to a 20 ...

. He captained the club and later became a youth coach.

Personal life

Archibald attended

Beath High School Beath High School is a non-denomational state secondary school in Cowdenbeath, Fife. The school is run by Fife Council and the current roll stands at around 1400 pupils aged from 11 to 18. It serves Cowdenbeath and Kelty and the villages of Cr ...

Career statistics

Honours

Cowdenbeath *

Scottish League Second Division The Scottish Football League Second Division was the third tier of the Scottish football league system between 1975 and 2013. History The Second Division was created in 1975, as part of a wider reconstruction of the Scottish Football League (SFL ...

second-place promotion: 1991–92 Forfar Athletic *

Scottish League Third Division The Scottish Football League Third Division was the fourth tier of the Scottish football league system between 1994 and 2013. History The Scottish football league system had operated with three divisions in the Scottish Football League (SFL) fro ...

: 1994–95 Individual *

Player of the Year: 1991–92 *Cowdenbeath Hall of Fame

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* (Cowdenbeath) * (East Fife) 1965 births Living people Scottish men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Men's association football fullbacks East Fife F.C. players Cowdenbeath F.C. players Forfar Athletic F.C. players Hill of Beath Hawthorn F.C. players Newtongrange Star F.C. players Scottish Football League players Raith Rovers F.C. players People educated at Beath High School Newburgh F.C. players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. non-playing staff Inverkeithing United F.C. players Footballers from Dunfermline 20th-century Scottish sportsmen {{Scotland-footy-defender-1960s-stub