Jimmy Campbell (footballer, born 1918)

James Campbell (25 November 1918 – 12 January 2011) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Walsall.[1][3][4] After his retirement as a player, he coached Reading, Motherwell and St Johnstone.[2]

Jimmy Campbell
Personal information
Full name James Campbell[1]
Date of birth 25 November 1918
Place of birth Bridgeton, Scotland[2]
Date of death 12 January 2011(2011-01-12) (aged 92)[1]
Place of death Glasgow, Scotland[2]
Position(s) Outside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1938 St Mungo Juniors
1938– Celtic 0 (0)
Aldershot (guest)
Folkestone Town (guest)
Clapton Orient (guest)
Chelsea (guest)
Partick Thistle (guest)
0000–1943St Anthony's (guest)
1943– Leicester City 0 (0)
Aston Villa
1946–1947 Walsall 14 (1)
1947–1951 Nuneaton Borough
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

Campell was the song of former Reading footballer James Campbell.[5] Campbell was educated at Bernard Street School and Whitehill Secondary School in Glasgow and the University of Birmingham.[2][5] During the Second World War, he served in the Royal Army Dental Corps, the Army Physical Training Corps, trained the French Resistance and acted as a bodyguard for Hardy Amies.[2] He married in 1943 and was the grandfather of actor Scott Speedman.[5] After the war, Campbell established a dental practice in Glasgow and joined Glasgow Dental Hospital and School.[5]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leicester City 1945–46[3] 1 0 1 0
Career total 0 0 1 0 1 0

Honours

Nuneaton Borough

References

  1. "Jimmy Campbell". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  2. Kaufman, Neilson. "VE Day WW2 players as at May 2020" (PDF). pp. 19–20. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  3. "Jim Campbell | Leicester City career stats". FoxesTalk – Leicester City Forums. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  4. Jimmy Campbell at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
  5. Shaw, Alison (24 January 2011). "Jimmy Campbell". The Herald. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  6. "Nuneaton Borough 1945–1958 – Part 1 – From Town To Town 1889" (PDF). pp. 59–168. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
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