Robert Campbell (footballer born 1882)

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Robert Campbell
Personal information
Full name Robert Campbell
Date of birth 1882
Place of birth    Lugar, Scotland
Date of death    13 March 1931 (aged 49)
Place of death    Ayr, Scotland
Playing position Full Back
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*

1903–1905
1905–1906
1906–1915
Partick Thistle
Rangers
Millwall Athletic
Bradford City

006 (1)
028 (?)
223 (1)   

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

Robert Campbell (188213 March 1931) was a Scottish footballer who played for Partick Thistle, Rangers, Millwall Athletic and Bradford City. He was a full back who won the 1911 FA Cup with Bradford.

[edit] Career

Born in Lugar in 1882, Campbell started his football career with Partick Thistle, with whom he won a Scottish League representative honour, before moving to Rangers in 1903.[1] He played for Rangers until 1905, making nine appearances and scoring once before he moved to England and Millwall Athletic in the Southern League. He spent one season at Millwall, playing 28 games before moving to Division Two side Bradford City.[1] He partnered Fred Farren in the City full back line, helping the club to win the Division Two title in 1907–08 and then the FA Cup in 1911. He played a total of 223 league games and 24 FA Cup games for City before retiring after football in England was suspended because of the First World War.[2]

He was also a keen angler and cricketer with the Clydesdale Cricket Club.[1] He died on 13 March 1931 in Ayr Hospital aged 49.[2]

[edit] Honours

Bradford City

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988. Breedon Books Sport, p116. ISBN 0907969380. 
  2. ^ a b Markham, David (2007). The legends of Bradford City. Breedon Books Sport, p117. ISBN 978-1-85983-572-2.