Bonny Campbell
Bonny Campbell | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Hugh Campbell | ||
Date of birth | 1 March 1898 | ||
Date of death | 28 April 1987[1] | (aged 89)||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1915 | North Fremantle | 12 (1) | |
1916–1922 | South Fremantle | 88 (271) | |
1924–1928 | East Perth | 88 (358) | |
Total | 188 (630) | ||
Representative team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
1921-1928 | Western Australia | 15 (86) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1928. | |||
Source: AustralianFootball.com |
Hugh "Bonny" Campbell (1 March 1898 – 28 April 1987) was an Australian rules footballer who played 188 West Australian Football League (WAFL) games and kicked 630 goals. A regular West Australian interstate representative, he is famous for kicking 23 goals in a game for Western Australia against Queensland at the 1924 Hobart Carnival.
Football
North Fremantle
Campbell started his career at North Fremantle but the club became defunct soon after and he moved to South Fremantle. Playing as a half back flanker he helped South Fremantle to win back to back premierships in 1916 and 1917.
South Fremantle
A few years later, however, when South Fremantle lost their regular full-forward to injury Campbell was asked to fill in and he did so well that by 1921 he was the regular state full-forward: a position Campbell retained until his retirement.[2]
For the 1922 season Campbell was named captain of South Fremantle, and finished the season as the WAFL's leading goalkicker.
East Perth
After spending 1923 on the sidelines due to a clearance dispute, he moved to East Perth the following season.
He topped the league's goalkicking again in 1924 and was a premiership player at East Perth in 1926 and 1927. He was back at his best form late in 1928 including a thirteen-goal performance against Perth,[3] but shortly before the 1929 season was due to open Campbell announced unexpectedly that he would be retiring. Not long after it was thought that despite niggling injuries he would continue.[4]
Western Australia
On 12 August 1924, playing for Western Australia in the Inter-State match against Queensland, at the 1924 Hobart Carnival, Campbell scored a record 23 goals;[5][6] and, no doubt he would have kicked many more had he played at full-forward for more than half the game.[7]
See also
Footnotes
- ^ Poat, Peter & East, Alan (1987). 1987 West Australian Football Register. p. 117.
- ^ ‘Has Played His Last Game: "Bonny" Campbell’s Brilliant Career; Strategist and Goal-Kicking Prodigy’; The Daily News, 10 May 1929, p. 8
- ^ ‘Perth Routed: East Perth’s Wonderful Play’; The West Australian, 3 September 1928, p.14.
- ^ ‘Club Prospects – East Perth’; Western Mail, 11 April 1929, p.25.
- ^ W.A. Demoralise Queensland: H. Campbell's Brilliant Kicking: He Gets 23 Goals, The (Perth) Daily News, (Tuesday, 12 August 1924), p.8.
- ^ Football Carnival: Another Record Score: W. Australia 43.19; Queensland 2.1: Campbell Gets 23 Goals, The (Burnie) Advocate, (Wednesday, 13 August 1924), p.3.
- ^ Has Played His Last Game: "Bonny" Campbell's Brilliant Career: Strategist and Goal-KIcking Prodigy, The (Perth) Daily News, (10 May 1929), p.8.
External links
- Bonny Campbell at AustralianFootball.com