John "Johnny" Campbell (7 March 1910 – 6 July 1999) was a Scottish professional footballer who scored 116 goals from 205 games in the Football League playing as a

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for Leicester City and Lincoln City.

Career

Campbell was born in

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. He gave up his chemistry studies to join English First Division club Leicester City, together with

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, 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

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season. Once moved to play at

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rather than at outside right, Campbell began to score freely, and was Lincoln's top scorer for four consecutive seasons, from 1934–35 to 1937–38. Access individual season statistics via Season Stats dropdown menu. 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, returning to Lincoln to play in the wartime competitions. Campbell went on to complete his studies, earning a degree in chemistry and ophthalmics, and became superintendent chemist/

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for the Lincoln Co-operative Society. He retired in 1975, and died in July 1999 at the age of 89.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, Johnny 1910 births 1999 deaths Footballers from North Ayrshire Scottish footballers Association football forwards Leicester City F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Scunthorpe United F.C. players English Football League players Place of death missing People from Stevenston