Archie Macaulay
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Archibald Renwick Macaulay (July 30, 1915 – June 1993) was a Scottish football player and manager.
Born in Falkirk, Macaulay started his playing career with Rangers, where he became a regular at the age of only 18. Playing in midfield as an inside right, he won a Scottish Cup medal in 1936 and a Scottish League Championship medal the year after. In 1937 he was transferred to West Ham United for £6,000; the Second World War interrupted his career somewhat but he still won a Wartime Cup medal in 1940 and played five unofficial wartime matches for Scotland.
Macaulay was signed by Brentford in October 1946, and made his official Scotland debut (against England at Wembley Stadium on April 12, 1947) but Brentford were relegated to the Second Division at the end of the 1946-47 season, and he was signed by Arsenal in July 1947 for £10,000. In his first season with the Gunners, Macaulay played 40 league matches and won a First Division medal. He continued to play for Arsenal as a near ever-present for the next two seasons, although he missed out Arsenal's 1950 FA Cup triumph after manager Tom Whittaker preferred fellow Scot Alex Forbes in the final.
Macaulay left Arsenal for Fulham in June 1950; in all he made 108 appearances in three seasons, scoring one goal. He also won six more caps for Scotland while at Arsenal, bringing his total tally to seven. He spent three season at Fulham, though he could not save them from relegation to Division Two in 1951-52. He moved to Guildford City after that, to become the club's player-manager.
In 1957 he succeeded Tom Parker as manager of Norwich City, where he led the Third Division side to the FA Cup semi-finals in 1959 in one of the most famous FA Cup runs of all time, and promotion to the Second Division the following year. In 1961 he moved on to West Bromwich Albion, though the Baggies did little under his two-year reign, instead enjoying mid-table obscurity. Macaulay finished his managerial career at Brighton & Hove Albion between 1963 and 1968, leading the club to promotion from the Fourth Division in 1965. After that, he left football management completely, and later worked as a traffic warden.[1] He died in June 1993, aged 77.
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- Soar, Phil & Tyler, Martin (2005). The Official Illustrated History of Arsenal. Hamlyn. ISBN 0-600-61344-5.
Categories: 1915 births | 1993 deaths | Scottish footballers | Rangers F.C. players | West Ham United F.C. players | West Ham United F.C. midfielders | Brentford F.C. players | Arsenal F.C. players | Fulham F.C. players | Scottish football managers | Norwich City F.C. managers | West Bromwich Albion F.C. managers | Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. managers
