Robert Campbell (1882 – 13 March 1931) was a Scottish

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who played for

Partick Thistle Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football, football club from Glasgow, Scotland and currently plays in the . Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not ...

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, Millwall Athletic and

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The club competes in , the third tier of English football, and is managed by Graham Alexander. The club was founded in 1903 and ...

. He was a full back who won the 1911 FA Cup with Bradford.

Career

Born in Lugar in 1882, Campbell started his football career with

, with whom he formed a partnership over several seasons with Andrew Wilson and won

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and

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representative honours, before moving to

in January 1905 as emergency cover following the death of

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. He moved to England and Millwall Athletic in the Southern League later that same year. He spent one season at Millwall, playing 28 games before moving to Division Two side

. He partnered Fred Farren in the City full back line, helping the club to win the Division Two title in 1907–08 and then the

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1911 Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * January 3 ** 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 m ...

. He played a total of 223 league games and 24 FA Cup games for ''City'' before retiring after football in England was suspended because of the

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. He was also a keen angler and cricketer with the

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. He died on 13 March 1931 in Ayr County Hospital aged 49.

Honours

;Bradford City * English Division Two: 1907–08 *

References

1882 births 1931 deaths Footballers from East Ayrshire Scottish men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Partick Thistle F.C. players Rangers F.C. players Millwall F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Scottish Football League players English Football League players Southern Football League players Scottish Football League representative players People from Lugar, East Ayrshire 20th-century Scottish sportsmen {{Scotland-footy-defender-1880s-stub