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Dougie Campbell Personal information Full name Dugald Campbell Date of birth May 16, 1901 Place of birth Paisley, Scotland Date of death February 27, 1991 (aged 89)Place of death West Creek, New Jersey, United States Playing position Inside Forward Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1921-1922 Philadelphia Field Club 24 (9) 1922-1923 → Bethlehem Steel 26 (4) 1923-1928 Fall River Marksmen 170 (65) 1928 New York Giants 4 (0) 1928 Bethlehem Steel 2 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Dugald "Dougie" Campbell (May 16, 1901 – February 27, 1991) was a Scottish-American soccer inside forward who played eight seasons in the American Soccer League. He was born in Paisley, Scotland.
History
Campbell's family left Scotland for the United States when he was a boy. He grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but little is known of his early career.[1] The first record of Campbell's professional career comes in a September 10, 1921 exhibition between Philadelphia Field Club and a team of Philadelphia All Stars.[2] From that game on, he remained a regular at either inside left or inside right with Philadelphia as they took the 1921-1922 American Soccer League championship. The team had been created in 1921 by moving the Bethlehem Steel F.C. club to Philadelphia. Following the 1921-1922 season, the ownership returned the club to Bethlehem where it took on its original identity. Campbell remained with the reconstituted Bethlehem Steel for one season, then transferred to the Fall River Marksmen in August 1923.[3] He would remain with the Marksmen for five seasons, winning three league titles and two National Challenge Cup titles. In the 1927 National Challenge Cup, Campbell scored once in Fall River's 7-0 romp over Holley Carburetor F.C. In 1928, he moved to the New York Giants, but played only four games before the team was suspended by the ASL at the start of the "Soccer Wars". He reputedly continued playing with the Giants in the Eastern Professional Soccer League; however, on December 20, 1928, he signed with Bethlehem Steel, which was also now playing in the ESL.[4] He played two games, scoring one goal, then never appeared in the Bethlehem lineup after December 1928. Following his retirement from playing, he worked in a variety of occupations, including as a builder, a fisherman and an owner of "a cranberry bog in West Creek, New Jersey".[1]
External links
References
- ^ a b Jose, Colin (1998) (Hardback). American Soccer League, 1921-1931. The Scarecrow Press. (ISBN 0-8108-3429-4).
- ^ September 12 1922 The Globe
- ^ August 8, 1923 The Globe
- ^ December 20, 1928 The Globe
Categories:- 1901 births
- 1991 deaths
- People from Paisley
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- American soccer players
- American Soccer League (1921–1933) players
- Philadelphia Field Club players
- Bethlehem Steel players
- Fall River Marksmen players
- New York Giants (soccer) players
- Eastern Professional Soccer League players
- Scottish emigrants to the United States
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