Bobby Campbell (Scottish footballer)

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Bobby Campbell
Personal information
Full name Robert Campbell
Date of birth c. 1939 (age 84–85)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
Drumchapel Amateurs
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1958–1965 St Mirren 118 (4)
1965–1966 Greenock Morton 17 (5)
– Durban City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Campbell (born c. 1939) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right back, primarily with St Mirren. [1] He appeared in the 1962 Scottish Cup Final which Saints lost to Rangers, [2] [3] having fallen at the semi-final stage to Dunfermline Athletic the previous season after a replay. [4] Campbell was at the Paisley club when they won the same trophy in 1959, but the long-serving David Lapsley was still occupying the position at that point).[ citation needed ]

There was another player of the same name, a forward, on St Mirren's books from 1959, and as a consequence they became known in match reports as 'Black' Campbell and 'Red' Campbell to differentiate [5] [6] ('Red' was the right-back, who had ginger hair – the forward has been reported as having very dark hair, [6] but in fact it was a light brown shade). [5] 'Black' Bobby Campbell stated that in training, he was referred to as "Boaby", a more common pronunciation in his native Ayrshire, while the Glaswegian 'Red' was simply "Bobby". [5] The name issue seemed to resolved itself when 'Black' moved on to Greenock Morton in 1963, [7] but two years later 'Red' made the same move. Both stayed at the club until 1966, with 'Red' Campbell then moving to play for Durban City in South Africa [8] ('Black' went to Motherwell). [5]

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References

  1. ↑ St. Mirren: 1946/47 - 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
  2. ↑ Rangers Coast to Cup Win, The Glasgow Herald, 23 April 1962
  3. ↑ Rangers Beat St. Mirren (video footage), Pathé News Archive, 1962
  4. ↑ 1961: Dunfermline 1 St Mirren 0 | Memorable Match #17, Dunfermline Athletic FC
  5. 1 2 3 4 The St Mirren Campbells - one Black and one Red, Sunday Post, 9 October 2016, via PressReader
  6. 1 2 When Celtic signed two 'Rangers men' in one day, Evening Telegraph, 18 September 2017
  7. ↑ Greenock Morton: 1946/47 - 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
  8. ↑ Turner & Wright / Turnwright's Chocolate - Soccer ~ South African N.F.L. (07) - Complete Checklist, Football Cartophilic Info Exchange, 18 April 2018
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