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Key Facts

Full name
Archibald Snell

Known as
Archie Snell

Born
30 July 1877

Died
18 July 1949 (aged 71)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 24y 284d
Last game: 30y 312d

Senior clubs
Carlton; Essendon

Recruited from
Carlton (1908)

Archie Snell

Advanced stats
Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
CarltonV/AFL1902-190792560.6163%———0
EssendonV/AFL1908100.00100%———0
V/AFL1902-190893560.6063%———0
Total1902-190893560.6063%———0

AFL: 742nd player to appear, 2,646th most games played, 1,902nd most goals kickedCarlton: 125th player to appear, 196th most games played, 153rd most goals kickedEssendon: 179th player to appear, 1,114th most games played, 937th most goals kicked

Archie Snell had played in the VFA with Brunswick (14 games, four goals in 1897-8 and 1902) West Melbourne (17 games, 11 goals, 1899), Williamstown and Brunswick before he commenced in the VFL with Carlton, aged 24, in 1902. From that year until 1907 he played 92 games and kicked 56 goals for the Blues.

A rover, he was tricky and elusive, and particularly effective in wet weather. He can be considered singularly unfortunate in that he did not get to play in both Carlton’s 1906 and 1907 premiership-winning teams. In the former year he was dropped from the side ahead of the finals, while in the latter year he had already retired as a player.

That ‘retirement’ proved to be only temporary as in 1908 he was persuaded to make a comeback with Essendon. However, after just a single appearance for the Same Old he decided that enough was enough, and this time retired for good.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Full Points Publications

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.