James Campbell (25 November 1918 – 12 January 2011) was a Scottish amateur

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who played in the

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for

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. After his retirement as a player, he coached

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Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...

and

St Johnstone St Johnstone Football Club is a professional association football club in Perth, Scotland which is a member of the Scottish Premiership for the 2022–23 season. The club's name is derived from St John's Toun ''aka'' Saint Johnstoun – an old ...

Personal life

Campell was the song of former

footballer James Campbell. Campbell was educated at Bernard Street School and Whitehill Secondary School in Glasgow and the

University of Birmingham , mottoeng = Through efforts to heights , established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...

. During the

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, he served in the

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, the

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, trained the

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and acted as a bodyguard for

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. He married in 1943 and was the grandfather of actor

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. After the war, Campbell established a

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in Glasgow and joined

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Career statistics

Honours

Nuneaton Borough *

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: 1947–48 * Atherstone Nursing Cup: 1947–48 * Nuneaton Hospital Cup: 1947–48

References

Scottish men's footballers Clapton Orient F.C. wartime guest players 1918 births 2011 deaths Military personnel from Glasgow People from Bridgeton, Glasgow Celtic F.C. players Men's association football outside forwards Aldershot F.C. wartime guest players Folkestone F.C. players Chelsea F.C. wartime guest players Partick Thistle F.C. wartime guest players Leicester City F.C. players Walsall F.C. players English Football League players Reading F.C. non-playing staff Motherwell F.C. non-playing staff St Johnstone F.C. non-playing staff Scottish dentists People educated at Whitehill Secondary School British Army personnel of World War II Royal Army Dental Corps soldiers Royal Army Physical Training Corps soldiers Nuneaton Borough F.C. players Alumni of the University of Birmingham Aston Villa F.C. players 20th-century dentists {{Scotland-footy-forward-1910s-stub