Bobby Cameron (footballer, born 1932)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bobby Cameron | ||
Date of birth | 23 November 1932 | ||
Place of birth | Greenock, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Right half / inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1950–1959 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
1959–1962 | Leeds United | 58 | (9) |
1962–1963 | Gravesend and Northfleet | ||
1963–1964 | Southend United | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bobby Cameron (born Greenock, Scotland, 23 November 1932) is a former professional footballer who played for Queens Park Rangers, Leeds United and Southend United.
Playing career
Cameron was a Scottish schoolboy international and joined Queens Park Rangers, where he scored 56 goals in 254 appearances between 1950–51 and 1958-59. He joined Leeds United in 1959 at a time when Leeds were struggling and were relegated from the First Division at the end of the 1959-60 season. Cameron scored eleven goals in 64 appearances for Leeds but appearances became scarcer during the 1961-62 season and he joined non-league club Gravesend and Northfleet at the end of the season. He returned to the football league with Southend United in October 1963.
Cameron was an attacking player with a cheerful disposition but casual attitude who would seek the ball so to get it forward.
Playing statistics
Club | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
Apps (goals) | Apps (goals) | Apps (goals) | Apps (goals) | |
Queens Park Rangers | 254 (56) | |||
Leeds United | 58 (9) | 2 (0) | 4 (2) | 64 (11) |
Southend United | 3 (0) |
References
- Mourant, Andrew (1992). Leeds United: Player by Player. Guinness Publishing Ltd. p. 14. ISBN 0-85112-568-9.