Archie Robertson (footballer)

Archibald Clark Robertson (15 September 1929 – 28 January 1978) was a Scottish footballer who spent most of his career with Clyde, firstly as an inside right and latterly as manager.

[5] While with Clyde, Robertson earned five caps for the Scotland national football team and played in the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden.

They eventually experienced relegation in the 1971–72 season and, despite leading his team to the Second Division title the following campaign, Robertson ended his association with the club in 1973.

Following his graduation he worked in the scientific branch of the National Coal Board,[2] while in later years he was a science teacher at Hunter High School in East Kilbride.

[2] One of his pupils was future Scotland striker Ally McCoist, who credited the guidance of Robertson (in his role as the school team's coach) in his early development as a player.