Archie Stark
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Archibald McPherson Stark | ||
| Date of birth | December 21, 1897 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | May 27, 1985 (aged 87) | ||
| Place of death | Kearny, New Jersey, United States | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1911–1912 | West Hudson Junior | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1912–1916 | Kearny Scots | ||
| 1916–1917 | Babcock & Wilcox | ||
| 1917 | West Hudson | ||
| 1919 | Paterson F.C. | ||
| 1919–1921 | Erie A.A. | ||
| 1921–1924 | New York Field Club | 69 | (45) |
| 1924–1930 | Bethlehem Steel | 221 | (240) |
| 1930 | → Fall River Marksmen (guest) | ||
| 1930–32 | Newark Americans | 42 | (18) |
| 1933–1934 | Kearny Irish | 25 | (22) |
| National team | |||
| 1925 | United States | 2 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Archibald “Archie” Stark (December 21, 1897 in Glasgow, Scotland – May 27, 1985 in Kearny, New Jersey) was a U.S. soccer player who became the dominant player in U.S. leagues during the 1920s and early 1930s. He spent nine seasons in the National Association Football League and another twelve in the American Soccer League. He also earned two caps, scoring five goals, as a member of the U.S. national team. He holds the U.S. single-season scoring record with 70 goals scored in 1924-25. He was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1950.
Although Stark and his brother Tommy Stark were born in Scotland, they moved to the United States when Archie was thirteen years old. His family settled in Hudson County, New Jersey, where Stark immediately began his organized soccer career with the West Hudson Juniors. Interestingly for a player who made his name as a forward, Stark began as a defender with the Juniors. Stark turned professional a year later when he signed with the Scottish-Americans of the National Association Football League for the 1912–1913 season. At the time he was only fourteen. He remained with the Scottish-Americans for four seasons. In 1915, the Scottish-Americans won the 1915 American Cup, defeating Brooklyn Celtic 1–0 on a Stark goal. The next season, the team lost the AFA championship game when Bethlehem Steel crushed them 3–0. At the end of the 1915–1916 season, Stark moved to the Bayonne, New Jersey club Babcock & Wilcox.
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