Johnny Campbell (footballer, born 1910)

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Johnny Campbell
Personal information
Date of birth (1910-03-07)7 March 1910
Place of birth Stevenston, Scotland
Date of death 6 July 1999(1999-07-06) (aged 89)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Dalry Thistle
1931–1933 Leicester City 21 (12)
1933–1939 Lincoln City 184 (104)
1939–194? Scunthorpe & Lindsey United
194?–19?? Lincoln Co-op
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

John "Johnny" Campbell (7 March 1910 – 6 July 1999)[1] was a Scottish professional footballer who scored 116 goals from 205 games in the Football League playing as a forward for Leicester City and Lincoln City.[2]

Career[]

Campbell was born in Stevenston, Ayrshire. He gave up his chemistry studies to join English First Division club Leicester City, together with , his teammate at junior club Dalry Thistle, in July 1931. He scored on his debut for the club, against Birmingham in December 1932, but despite a respectable goal return – 14 goals from 22 games – he failed to establish himself in the first team. A year later he signed for Lincoln City for a fee of £1,250, then a club record, but was unable to help the club avoid relegation to the Third Division North at the end of the 1933–34 Football League season.[1]

Once moved to play at centre forward rather than at outside right, Campbell began to score freely,[1] and was Lincoln's top scorer for four consecutive seasons, from 1934–35 to 1937–38.[3] By the time he retired from League football due to injury in the summer of 1939, Campbell had produced 108 goals from only 193 first-team games. He then joined Midland League club Scunthorpe & Lindsey United,[1] returning to Lincoln to play in the wartime competitions.[4]

Campbell went on to complete his studies, earning a degree in chemistry and ophthalmics, and became superintendent chemist/optician for the Lincoln Co-operative Society. He retired in 1975, and died in July 1999 at the age of 89.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "#17 – Johnny Campbell". League Legends. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  2. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). p. 47. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  3. ^ "Johnny Campbell". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 4 May 2010. Access individual season statistics via Season Stats dropdown menu.
  4. ^ Rollin, Jack (2005). Soccer at War 1939–45. London: Headline. p. 354. ISBN 978-0-7553-1431-7.
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