Dougie Campbell

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Dougie Campbell
Personal information
Full name Dugald Campbell
Date of birth November 16, 1901(1901-11-16)
Place of birth    Paisley, Scotland
Place of death    United States
Playing position Inside Forward
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1921-1922
1922-1923
1923-1928
1928
1928
Philadelphia Field Club
Bethlehem Steel
Fall River Marksmen
New York Giants
Bethlehem Steel
024 0(9)
026 0(4)
170 (65)
004 0(0)
002 0(1)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Dugald “Dougie” Campbell (born November 16, 1901 in Paisley, Scotland) was a Scottish-American soccer inside forward who played eight seasons in the American Soccer League

[edit] History

Campbell's family left Scotland for the United States when he was a boy. He grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but little is known of his early career.[1] The first record of Campbell’s professional career comes in a September 10, 1921 exhibition between Philadelphia Field Club and a team of Philadelphia All Stars.[2] From that game on, he remained a regular at either inside left or inside right with Philadelphia as they took the 1921-1922 American Soccer League championship. The team had been created in 1921 by moving the Bethlehem Steel F.C. club to Philadelphia. Following the 1921-1922 season, the ownership returned the club to Bethlehem where it took on its original identity. Campbell remained with the reconstituted Bethlehem Steel for one season, then transferred to the Fall River Marksmen in August 1923.[3] He would remain with the Marksmen for five seasons, winning three league titles and two National Challenge Cup titles. In the 1927 National Challenge Cup, Campbell scored once in Fall River’s 7-0 romp over Holley Carburetor F.C. In 1928, he moved to the New York Giants, but played only four games before the team was suspended by the ASL at the start of the "Soccer Wars". He reputedly continued playing with the Giants in the Eastern Professional Soccer League; however, on December 20, 1928, he signed with Bethlehem Steel, which was also now playing in the ESL.[4] He played two games, scoring one goal, then never appeared in the Bethlehem lineup after December 1928. Following his retirement from playing, he worked in a variety of occupations, including as a builder, a fisherman and an owner of "a cranberry bog in West Creek, New Jersey".[1]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921-1931 (Hardback), The Scarecrow Press. (ISBN 0-8108-3429-4). 
  2. ^ September 12 1922 The Globe
  3. ^ August 8, 1923 The Globe
  4. ^ December 20, 1928 The Globe