Bobby Campbell (footballer, born 1922)

For other people named Robert Campbell, see Robert Campbell (disambiguation).

Bobby Campbell
Campbell in a Chelsea team photo, November 1947
Personal information
Full name Robert Inglis Campbell[1]
Date of birth (1922-06-28)28 June 1922
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 4 May 2009(2009-05-04) (aged 86)
Place of death Bristol, England
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Glasgow Perthshire[2]
1941–1947 Falkirk 16 (6)
1947–1954 Chelsea 188 (36)
1954–1958 Reading 94 (12)
Total 298 (54)
International career
1947–1950 Scotland 5 (1)
Managerial career
1961–1962 Dumbarton
1977–1979 Bristol Rovers
1980–1982 Gloucester City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Inglis Campbell (28 June 1922 – 4 May 2009) was a Scottish footballer, who played during the 1940s and 1950s.[3] He was born in Glasgow.

A winger, Campbell's playing career consisted of spells with Falkirk, Chelsea (departing after seven years at the club, one season prior to their 1954–55 Football League win) and Reading. He also played for Queens Park Rangers as a "guest" during the Second World War.[4] He won five caps for the Scotland national team between 1947 and 1950. He scored his only Scotland goal against Switzerland in April 1950.[3]

Upon retiring Campbell became a coach with Reading, before taking the manager's position at Dumbarton in 1961. He left Boghead Park a year later and assumed a scouting role with Bristol Rovers for the next 15 years. He was promoted to manager of the Gasheads in November 1977, leaving in December 1979. His last managerial appointment was with Gloucester City.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Bobby Campbell". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  2. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ a b Bobby Campbell: Chelsea and Scotland stalwart of the Forties and Fifties, The Independent, 25 May 2009
  4. ^ a b Lamming, Douglas (1987). A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who's Who, 1872–1986. Hutton Press. ISBN 0-907033-47-4.


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