Alexander "Sandy" Archibald was another to escaped from the horror of the colliery row through football and, like Tommy Muirhead from neighbouring Cowdenbeath, at Ibrox. He was born in Crossgates in Fife, the son of parents from Clackmannanshire, his father a miner. And he too would start down the pit so be in a reserved occupation, which allowed him, an outside-right, to start his football during The Great War locally at Crossgates Mayflower and Dunfermline Juniors, before in 1916 at twenty joining Raith Rovers. But he was to be at Stark's Park for just over a season before Rangers came in, putting him straight into the first-team, where over seventeen campaigns he would make over five hundred starts, score a goal every four games, win thirteen Leagues, three Cups and eight caps.