Keith Campbell (ice hockey)

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


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position = Left winger / Defence
played_for = Pittsburgh Moncton Hawks Richmond Hawks Harringay Greyhounds Harringay Racers Earls Court Rangers
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height_ft = 5
height_in = 8
weight_lb = 163
nickname = Duke
nationality = CAN
birth_date = birth date and age|1909|9|21
birth_place = Stratton, ON, Canada
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career_start = c. 1935
career_end = 1952
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Keith William "Duke" Campbell (born birth date|1909|9|21 in Stratton, Ontario) is a retired ice hockey player who mainly played in Great Britain. He is a member of the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.

Career

After briefly playing with Pittsburgh and then the Moncton Hawks of the Maritime Senior Hockey League, Campbell signed with the Richmond Hawks of the English National League (ENL) for the 1935–36 season. Campbell then moved to the Harringay Greyhounds in the 1936–37 season where he stayed for four seasons, helping them to win the ENL in 1937–38 and 1938–39. Whilst with the Greyhounds, Campbell was named as a winger to the All-star A Team of the ENL in 1940.

During World War II, Campbell worked in an aircraft factory. However, he continued to play ice hockey for a Sunday league team in Brighton.

After the War, Campbell briefly joined the Brighton Tigers in the autumn of 1946 before he returned to Harringay to join the Harringay Racers for the remainder of the 1946–47 season and earning his second nomination to the All-star A Team, although this time as a defender. Campbell stayed with the Racers for four seasons, being named to the All-star B Team in 1948 and helping them to win the ENL in 1948–49.

Campbell then joined the Earls Court Rangers in 1950 as player-coach where he stayed until he retired from ice hockey in 1953 when he was 44-years-old. Whilst with the Rangers, Campbell was again named to the All-star B Team, this time as coach in 1952.

Awards

*Named to the ENL All-star A-Team in 1940 and 1947.
*Named to the ENL All-star B-Team in 1948.
*Named as coach to the ENL All-star B-Team in 1952.
*Inducted as the first honoured member of the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in December 1948.

Career statistics

Although Campbell's career statistics are incomplete it is known that he score 156 goals and 255 assists for 411 points from 545 games, taking 203 penalty minutes in the process.

References

* [http://www.azhockey.com/Ca.htm#Keith%20William%20'Duke'%20Campbell A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey entry]
* [http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/hall_of_fame/campbell.htm British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame entry]
*Eurohockey|24393|Keith Campbell
*hockeydb|28475|Keith Campbell

External links

* [http://www.azhockey.com/ A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey]
* [http://www.eurohockey.net/ European Hockey.net]
* [http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/ Ice Hockey Journalists UK]
* [http://www.hockeydb.com The Internet Hockey Database]

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NAME= Campbell, Keith William
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= Ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH= 1909-09-21
PLACE OF BIRTH= Stratton, Ontario, Canada
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