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
293
goals
253

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

Career totals and dates are as recorded here.

Career totals by team

team gp g
Bethlehem Steel 182 190
New York Field Club 69 45
Newark Americans 42 18

Career totals by competition

competition gp g
ASL1 293 253

Goals by season

top flight 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 1925-1926, 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

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
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
ASL1 April 26, 1924 New York Field Club   0 - 1 Bethlehem Steel 1 — 90 Bethlehem, PA
ASL1 April 13, 1924 New York Field Club   1 - 0 Newark Skeeters 0 — 90 New York Oval
game log: 54 of 293 recorded games →

Most often alongside

Players who appeared in the most games alongside Archie Stark
player together share
Bobby Geudert 43 96%
Tommy Stark 37 82%
Bart McGhee 29 64%
Charlie Kelly 28 62%
Tommy Duggan 27 60%
Willie Herd 26 58%
Henry Meyerdierks 21 47%
P. Hardy 19 42%
Andrew Burnett 18 40%
Walter Page 16 36%
George Ferrier 15 33%
James Lonie Terris 15 33%

The 12 most frequent, of the 45 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.

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