Archibald Hunter (23 September 1859 – 29 November 1894) was a Scottish footballer who, in 1887, was the first captain of Aston Villa to lift the FA Cup.

This is because at the time the Scottish Football Association had a policy of not picking 'Anglo-Scots' (i.e. Scots who played in the English League) which persisted until 1896.

Hunter later recalled in his memoirs; Aston Villa to me as a club that had come rapidly to the fore and asked me to become a member of it.

I hesitated for some time, but at last my friend told me that a "brother Scot," Mr. George Ramsay, was the Villa captain and that decided me.

he would not lose the ball until he had literally dribbled it between the posts.During a League match against Everton in 1890, Hunter suffered a heart attack and collapsed.

The headstone on his grave reads: This monument is erected in loving memory of Archie Hunter, the famous captain of Aston Villa, by his football comrades and the club as a lasting tribute to his ability on the field and his sterling worth as a man.