Danny Campbell was a New Zealand former
rugby league footballer who played professionally for
Wigan (
Heritage № 755),
Leigh
Leigh may refer to:
Places In England
Pronounced :
* Leigh, Greater Manchester, Borough of Wigan
** Leigh (UK Parliament constituency)
* Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
Pronounced :
* Leigh, Dorset
* Leigh, Gloucestershire
* Leigh, Kent
* Leigh, Staf ...
(
Heritage № 951) and
Runcorn Highfield.
Playing career
Campbell played for the Far North Falcons and represented
Northland.
Danny Campbell moved to England in 1979, joining
Wigan. Danny Campbell played right-, i.e. number 10, in
Wigan's 15-4 victory over
Leeds in the
1982–83 John Player Trophy
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Final during the
1982–83 season at
Elland Road
Elland Road is a football stadium in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, which has been the home of Premier League club Leeds United since the club's formation in 1919. The stadium is the 14th largest football stadium in England.
The g ...
,
Leeds on Saturday 22 January 1983.
Danny Campbell was an
interchange/
substitute in
Wigan's 28-24 victory over
Hull F.C.
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in the
1985
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Challenge Cup
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Final during the
1984–85 season at
Wembley Stadium,
London on Saturday 4 May 1985. He played in a total of 145 matches for Wigan between 1979 and 1986.
He was part of the
New Zealand squad during their
1980 tour of Great Britain and France, but did not appear in any of the
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* Test cricket
* Test match (indoor cricket)
* Test match (rugby union)
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.
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On 25 August 2021, Leigh Centurions announced on Twitter that he had died at home in ]Mitimiti
Mitimiti is a small settlement in Northland, New Zealand. It lies close to the Warawara Forest, between the mouths of the Whangape Harbour and Hokianga Harbour on Northland's west coast, 44 km west of Kohukohu. Mitimiti is part of the Hok ...
, New Zealand.
References
External links
Statistics at wigan.rlfans.com
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1956 births
2021 deaths
Leigh Centurions players
Liverpool City (rugby league) players
New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in England
New Zealand national rugby league team players
New Zealand rugby league players
Northland rugby league team players
Rugby league props
Rugby league second-rows
Wigan Warriors players