Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Campbell [1] | ||
Date of birth | 25 November 1918 | ||
Place of birth | Bridgeton, Scotland [2] | ||
Date of death | 12 January 2011[1] | (aged 92)||
Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland [2] | ||
Position(s) | Outside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
–1938 | St Mungo Juniors | ||
1938– | Celtic | 0 | (0) |
→ Aldershot (guest) | |||
→ Folkestone Town (guest) | |||
→ Clapton Orient (guest) | |||
→ Chelsea (guest) | |||
→ Partick Thistle (guest) | |||
–1943 | → St Anthony's (guest) | ||
1943– | Leicester City | 0 | (0) |
Aston Villa | |||
1946–1947 | Walsall | 14 | (1) |
1947–1951 | Nuneaton Borough | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James Campbell (25 November 1918 – 12 January 2011) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Walsall. [1] [3] [4] After his retirement as a player, he coached Reading, Motherwell and St Johnstone. [2]
Campell was the song of former Reading footballer James Campbell. [5] Campbell was educated at Bernard Street School and Whitehill Secondary School in Glasgow and the University of Birmingham. [2] [5] During the Second World War, he served in the Royal Army Dental Corps, the Army Physical Training Corps, trained the French Resistance and acted as a bodyguard for Hardy Amies. [2] He married in 1943 and was the grandfather of actor Scott Speedman. [5] After the war, Campbell established a dental practice in Glasgow and joined Glasgow Dental Hospital and School. [5]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Leicester City | 1945–46 [3] | ― | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Career total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Nuneaton Borough