Archibald Renwick Macaulay (30 July 1915 – 10 June 1993) was a Scottish
football
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player and
manager
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.
Playing career
Born in
Falkirk
Falkirk ( ; ; ) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow.
Falkirk had a resident population of 32,422 at the ...
, Macaulay started his playing career in junior football and joined
Rangers
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* Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with prot ...
in 1933, where he became a regular at the age of only 18. Playing as an inside right, he won a
West Ham United
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for £6,000; the
Second World War
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interrupted his career somewhat but he still won a Wartime Cup medal in 1940 and played five unofficial wartime matches for
Scotland
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.
Macaulay was signed by
Brentford
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Its economy has dive ...
in October 1946, and made his official Scotland debut against
England
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at
Wembley Stadium
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on 12 April 1947. By this time he had been converted to a
wing half
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, Brentford were relegated to the Second Division at the end of the 1946–47 season. Macaulay was selected to play for Great Britain in a one-off match in May 1947.
He was signed by
Arsenal
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in July 1947 for £10,000. Macaulay made his Arsenal debut against
Sunderland
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on 23 August 1947 and in his first season with the Gunners, he played 40 league matches and won a First Division Championship medal. He continued to play for Arsenal as a near ever-present figure for the next two seasons, although he missed out on Arsenal's
1950
Events January
* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
* January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...
FA Cup
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triumph after manager Tom Whittaker preferred fellow Scot Alex Forbes in the final. Macaulay left Arsenal for
Fulham
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in June 1950; in all he made 108 appearances in three seasons, scoring one goal. He also won six more caps for Scotland while at Arsenal, bringing his total tally to seven. He spent three seasons at Fulham, though he could not save them from relegation to Division Two in 1951–52. He moved to Guildford City after that, to become the club's player-manager.
Norwich City
Norwich City Football Club is a professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk, England. The club competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was founded in 1902. Since 1935, Norwich have played their h ...
FA Cup
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semi-finals in 1959 in one of the most famous FA Cup runs of all time, and promotion to the Second Division the following year. In 1961 he moved on to
West Bromwich Albion
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, though the Baggies did little under his two-year reign, instead enjoying mid-table obscurity.
Macaulay finished his managerial career at
Brighton & Hove Albion
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between 1963 and 1968, leading the club to promotion from the Fourth Division in 1965. After that, he left football management completely, and later worked as a traffic warden. He died in June 1993, aged 77.
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1935–36
Arsenal
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Football League First Division
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FA Charity Shield
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1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...
Managerial
Brighton Hove & Albion
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Football League Fourth Division
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