Archibald J. Sykes (24 September 1866 – 26 August 1957) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL), and was involved in the club's 1897 premiership win. Sykes played for Essendon for seven years in the then VFA in 1889–1890 and 1892–1896, and in 1891, he played for Fremantle in Western Australia. Sykes was involved in three Essendon VFA premierships in 1892–1894. After Essendon joined the new

, Sykes played with the Bombers for one season (1897) where they won the premiership, the fourth of his career, before retiring at the end of 1897. Sykes also represented

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in 1893.

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References

Football Favorites, ''The Weekly Times'', (Saturday, 18 May 1895), p.13

Football: Season 1895 Senior Captains, ''The Weekly Times'', (Saturday, 18 May 1895), p.10
* Maplestone, M., ''Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996'', Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.

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1866 births 1957 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Essendon Football Club (VFA) players Essendon Football Club players Essendon Football Club premiership players Geelong West Football Club players VFL/AFL premiership players {{AFL-bio-1860s-stub