Full name Robert Campbell Name Bobby Campbell Role Scottish footballer | Place of death Bristol, England Years Team | |
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Date of birth (1922-06-28)28 June 1922 Date of death 4 May 2009(2009-05-04) (aged 86) Died May 4, 2009, Bristol, United Kingdom | ||
A tribute to bobby campbell rest in peace 1956 2016
Robert Inglis Campbell (28 June 1922 – 4 May 2009) was a Scottish footballer, who played during the 1940s and 1950s. He was born in Glasgow.
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- A tribute to bobby campbell rest in peace 1956 2016
- Stuart mccall s training ground tribute for bobby campbell
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A winger, Campbell's playing career consisted of spells with Falkirk, Chelsea and Reading. He also played for Queens Park Rangers as a "guest" during the Second World War. He won five caps for the Scotland national team, between 1947 and 1950. He scored his only Scotland goal against Switzerland in April 1950.
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.