Archie Stark

Archie Stark scored 67 goals in 44 league games for Bethlehem Steel in 1924–25, a single-season mark no American professional league has come near since. He turned down a place on the 1930 World Cup squad to stay home and run his business.

born Dec. 21, 1897 (age 128), Glasgow, Scotland

games
295
starts
2
minutes
180
goals
258

first recorded game Sept. 18, 1921 · last recorded game Nov. 29, 1930

Career totals and dates are as recorded here.

Honors

Career totals by team

team gp gs min g
Bethlehem Steel 182 — — 190
New York Field Club 69 — — 45
Newark Americans 42 — — 18
United States 2 2 180 5

Career totals by competition

competition gp gs min g
ASL1 293 — — 253
IF 2 2 180 5

Goals by season

top flight international 0 20 40 60 80 1921-1922, top flight: 13 goals 13 1921-1922 1922-1923, top flight: 11 goals 11 1922-1923 1923-1924, top flight: 21 goals 21 1923-1924 1924-1925, top flight: 67 goals 67 1924-1925 1925, international: 5 goals 5 1925 1925-1926, top flight: 43 goals 43 1925-1926 1926-1927, top flight: 23 goals 23 1926-1927 1927-1928, top flight: 27 goals 27 1927-1928 1928-1929, top flight: 2 goals 2 1928-1929 1929-1930, top flight: 28 goals 28 1929-1930 1930 Fall, top flight: 12 goals 12 1930 Fall 1931 Fall, top flight: 4 goals 4 1931 Fall 1931 Spring, top flight: 2 goals 2 1931 Spring

Season by season, clubs

team competition season gp g
New York Field Club ASL1 1921-1922 21 13
New York Field Club ASL1 1922-1923 23 11
New York Field Club ASL1 1923-1924 25 21
Bethlehem Steel ASL1 1924-1925 44 67
Bethlehem Steel ASL1 1925-1926 37 43
Bethlehem Steel ASL1 1926-1927 29 23
Bethlehem Steel ASL1 1927-1928 46 27
Bethlehem Steel ASL1 1928-1929 7 2
Bethlehem Steel ASL1 1929-1930 19 28
Newark Americans ASL1 1930 Fall 19 12
Newark Americans ASL1 1931 Spring 12 2
Newark Americans ASL1 1931 Fall 11 4

Season by season, international

team competition season gp gs min g
United States IF 1925 2 2 180 5

Most recent games

cmp date team r score vs g a minutes venue
ASL1 Nov. 29, 1930 Newark Americans   3 - 0 New York Nationals 0 — 0 Starlight Park
ASL1 Oct. 4, 1930 Newark Americans   3 - 3 New York Giants (1923-1930) 3 — — Clark ONT Field
ASL1 Dec. 20, 1925 Bethlehem Steel   5 - 0 Newark Skeeters 5 — — Newark, NJ
IF Nov. 8, 1925 United States   1 - 6 Canada 5 — 90 Ebbets Field
IF June 27, 1925 United States   1 - 0 Canada 0 — 90 Alexandra Park
ASL1 June 8, 1924 New York Field Club   4 - 1 Bethlehem Steel 0 — 90 New York Oval
ASL1 June 1, 1924 New York Field Club   1 - 6 Brooklyn Wanderers 1 — 90 New York Oval
ASL1 May 25, 1924 New York Field Club   4 - 2 New York Giants (1923-1930) 0 — 90 New York Oval
ASL1 May 18, 1924 New York Field Club   0 - 0 Fall River Marksmen 0 — 90 New York Oval
ASL1 May 4, 1924 New York Field Club   3 - 1 Fall River Marksmen 1 — 90 Mark's Stadium
game log: 56 of 295 recorded games →

Most often alongside

Players who appeared in the most games alongside Archie Stark
player together share
Bobby Geudert 43 91%
Tommy Stark 38 81%
Bart McGhee 29 62%
Charlie Kelly 28 60%
Tommy Duggan 27 57%
Willie Herd 27 57%
Henry Meyerdierks 22 47%
P. Hardy 19 40%
Andrew Burnett 18 38%
Walter Page 16 34%
George Ferrier 15 32%
James Lonie Terris 15 32%

The 12 most frequent, of the 47 games Archie Stark has an appearance on record for. Two players count as teammates in a game when both have an appearance in it for the same club, so this is drawn from lineups rather than from rosters — and it is only as complete as the lineups are. Whole leagues here recorded none.

In the news

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