James Campbell (rugby union)
| Full name | James Alexander Campbell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Saskatchewan, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Merchiston Castle School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Alexander Campbell (1 July 1858 in Lake Athabasca, Canada - 20 June 1902 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)[1] was a Canadian-born rugby player who represented Scotland at international level.[2] He was capped for Scotland between 1878–81,[3] and he was amongst the youngest player ever to be capped for Scotland - he was nearly twenty years old when he was capped against England on 4 March 1878.[4]
Campbell attended Merchiston Castle School, which he was attending when capped in 1878.[4] He made his debut for Scotland in 1878 at the young age of 19. He earned a total of 5 caps for Scotland. For his final three internationals he was playing club rugby for Glasgow Academicals.
References
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
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