John Campbell (rugby)

John Campbell
Full name John Dennison Campbell[1]
Date of birth 22 July 1889(1889-07-22)[1]
Place of birth Penrith, New South Wales [1]
Date of death 31 August 1966(1966-08-31) (aged 77)[1]
Place of death Sydney
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position centre[1]
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1910[1] Wallabies[1] 3[1] (0)[1]

John Dennison 'Dinny' Campbell (22 July 1889 – 31 August 1966) was a national representative for Australia in rugby union before switching codes and playing rugby league for the Eastern Suburbs club during the 1910-12 and 1921 seasons. Campbell was born in Penrith, New South Wales. He played in the centre position in rugby union, claiming a total of 3 international rugby caps for Australia. He switched to the professional code of rugby league football, playing for Eastern Suburbs.[2] He played centre, or five-eight for Eastern Suburbs. Campbell played alongside Dally Messenger in Easts first premiership winning sides. He was also a representative of New South Wales (NSW) in matches against Queensland and New Zealand in the 1911 and '12 seasons. At the end of the 1912 season he moved to England, where he enjoyed 9 very successful seasons - scoring 136 tries. In 1921 Campbell returned to Australia, where he linked with his former club, Eastern Suburbs, for one final season. Campbell later went on to become a talent scout for the Eastern suburbs.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Scrum.com player profile of Dinny Campbell". Scrum.com. http://www.scrum.com/australia/rugby/player/2145.html. Retrieved 12 July 2010. 
  2. ^ Cunneen, Chris (2001). The best ever Australian Sports Writing. Australia: Black Inc.. p. 322. ISBN 1 86395 266 7. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=66OBschGE_YC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 19 February 2011. 

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