Full name Robert Campbell Place of birth Lugar, Scotland Playing position | Date of birth 1882 Place of death Ayr, Scotland Name Robert Campbell | |
Date of death 13 March 1931(1931-03-13) (aged 49) | ||
Robert Campbell (1882 – 13 March 1931) was a Scottish footballer who played for Partick Thistle, Rangers, Millwall Athletic and Bradford City. He was a full back who won the 1911 FA Cup with Bradford.
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Born in Lugar in 1882, Campbell started his football career with Partick Thistle, with whom he won a Scottish League representative honour, before moving to Rangers in 1903. He played for Rangers until 1905, making nine appearances and scoring once before he moved to England and Millwall Athletic in the Southern League. He spent one season at Millwall, playing 28 games before moving to Division Two side Bradford City. He partnered Fred Farren in the City full back line, helping the club to win the Division Two title in 1907–08 and then the FA Cup in 1911. He played a total of 223 league games and 24 FA Cup games for City before retiring after football in England was suspended because of the First World War.
He was also a keen angler and cricketer with the Clydesdale Cricket Club. He died on 13 March 1931 in Ayr Hospital aged 49.