Albert Campbell (born 4 January 1938 in
Belfast
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, Northern Ireland) is a former
footballer
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who played with
Crusaders
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in the
Irish League in the 1960s, and who won two full international caps for
Northern Ireland
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(the first Crusaders player to be capped): against
Wales
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in the 1963
Home Internationals and
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
in a
World Cup
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match in 1964. He also won a 'B' international cap against France in 1959.
With Crusaders, he won the
Ulster Cup
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History
Beginning in 1949, it was held on fifty-one occasions until being suspended after the 1998/99 season and discontinued after a one-of ...
and
County Antrim Shield
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, and was part of the club's first
Irish Cup
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-winning teams in 1967 and 1968. He was named the
Ulster Footballer of the Year
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for the 1960/61 season.
[M. Brodie (ed.), ''Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 2009-2010'', p. 102. Belfast:Ulster Tatler Publications]
References
External links
Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats
1938 births
Northern Ireland men's international footballers
Ulster Footballers of the Year
Crusaders F.C. players
NIFL Premiership players
Living people
Association footballers from Belfast
Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland men's amateur international footballers
Men's association football central defenders
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