Charles Campbell (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 January 1854 | ||
| Place of birth | Coupar Angus, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | April 1927 (aged 73) | ||
| Place of death | Ireland | ||
| Position(s) | Half back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1870–1886 | Queen's Park | ||
| International career | |||
| 1874–1886 | Scotland | 13 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Charles Campbell (20 January 1854 – April 1927) was a Scottish footballer of the 1870s and 1880s who played for, and captained, Queen's Park and the Scotland national team.
A former pupil of the Edinburgh Academy, Campbell joined Queen's Park, Scotland's oldest football club, in 1870.[1][2][3] He won eight Scottish Cup winner's medals with the club and was runner-up in the 1884 and 1885 FA Cup finals.[1] He sometimes played under the pseudonym "C. Elliott", including in major finals.[4][5] He was also a member of the famous English amateur side Corinthians.[6][7]
Campbell earned 13 caps for Scotland between 1874 and 1886, captaining them on nine occasions. He scored his only Scotland goal in a 2–0 win over Wales in March 1877 and lost only one match while playing for his country.[8]
A keen orator, Campbell was also an important football bureaucrat, serving on the Queen's Park committee between 1874 and 1890 and holding the position of club president in 1879–80. He was elected president of the Scottish Football Association for the 1889–90 season. Campbell also served as match official for the 1889 Scottish Cup Final.
Campbell later moved to Ireland, where he had strong family connections and had spent much of his childhood, and died there in 1927.[6] He was posthumously inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in 2005.[1]
Career statistics
International
| Scotland | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1874 | 1 | 0 |
| 1875 | — | |
| 1876 | 1 | 0 |
| 1877 | 2 | 1 |
| 1878 | 1 | 0 |
| 1879 | 1 | 0 |
| 1880 | 1 | 0 |
| 1881 | 1 | 0 |
| 1882 | 2 | 0 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1884 | 1 | 0 |
| 1885 | 1 | 0 |
| 1886 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 13 | 1 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.[9]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 March 1877 | Acton Park, Wrexham |  Wales |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Current crisis at Ibrox can't deny McLeish a place in Hall of Fame". The Scotsman. UK.
- ^ Name: Campbell, Charles, QPFC.com
- ^ Chapter XXX.—Famous Brothers, History of the Queen's Park Football Club 1867 - 1917, Richard Robinson (1920), via Electric Scotland
- ^ Season 1880/81, Frank McCrossan, Queen's Park Football Club - An Early History
- ^ Name: Elliott, C., QPFC.com
- ^ a b Lamming, Douglas (1987). A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who's Who, 1872–1986. Hutton Press. ISBN 0-907033-47-4.
- ^ Scottish Corinthians, Andrew Watson: Corinthian
- ^ (Scotland player) Charles Campbell, London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ "Charles Campbell | Scotland | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
