Full name Colin Campbell 1978–1980 Hibernian Position Midfielder Years Team | Playing position Role Footballer Name Colin Campbell | |
Date of birth (1956-12-01) 1 December 1956 (age 59) | ||
Place of birth Benbecula, Scotland Education University of Edinburgh | ||
Colin Campbell (born 1 December 1956) is a retired Scottish footballer who played as a midfielder. He played in the Scottish Football League for Hibernian, Dundee United, Airdrieonians and Meadowbank Thistle.
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Campbell was born on the island of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides. He began his football career in local amateur football, making his debut for the Benbecula team aged just ten. He later played for Harris and helped them to the Lewis and Harris Football League title in 1978. By this time Campbell was a student at Edinburgh University and while playing for the university football team he was recommended to Hibernian, signing for them in the summer of 1978. Making his debut in October that year, Campbell finished the season with a Scottish Cup runners-up medal. After a second season with Hibs ended in relegation, Campbell moved to Dundee United but played just four times during the 1980-81 season. Campbell moved to Airdrieonians and, despite being in the Premier Division, dropped down to part-time football to combine working in his own sports shop. A short spell with Meadowbank Thistle followed before he "more or less stopped playing at 28", although he did subsequently appear for Spartans in the East of Scotland Football League.