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Years
  
Team

1949-1956
  
Name
  
Johnny Campbell


Johnny Campbell (footballer, born 1928) Johnny Campbell footballer born 1894 Wikipedia

Date of birth
  
(1928-07-23)23 July 1928

Place of birth
  
Date of death
  
6 February 2015(2015-02-06) (aged 86)

Place of death
  
Gateshead, Tyne and Wear

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Johnny Campbell (23 July 1928 – 6 February 2015) was an English footballer who played as a winger.

Campbell played league football for Gateshead between 1949 and 1956, scoring 45 goals in 181 league appearances before moving to non-league Consett in 1956.

In 1946 he signed as an amateur for Newcastle United however his career was interrupted due to National Service in the RAF. Following this, he played amateur football for Felling Red Star in Gateshead. In November 1949 he left his employment as a mechanic and joined Gateshead AFC of the Third Division North as a professional player.

He played in Gateshead's famous FA Cup run of 1953 where they reached the 6th round - Liverpool (h) 1-0, Hull City (a) 2-1, and Plymouth (a) 1-0 - an exciting Cup journey before falling to a solitary goal by Bolton’s Nat Lofthouse, the Lion of Vienna, in the sixth round at Redheugh Park before a crowd of 17,692.

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