John Campbell (19 August 1872 – 2 December 1947) was a Scottish

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, who played for

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and the Scotland national team.

Career

Campbell was born in

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and began his football career at

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team Benburb before stepping up to join Celtic in 1890, where he won two league championship titles in season 1892–93 and 1893–94 as well as the

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.Celtic player Campbell, John
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in the summer of 1895 and won the English league title in 1895–96, while leading the league in goals with 22. Villa retained the league title in 1896–97 and Campbell scored in the club's

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triumph against Everton to win the

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. Just days later he had the honour of scoring the first goal at

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. He returned to Celtic soon after and won another league title in season 1897–98 plus a further two Scottish Cup winners medals in

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and

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. He moved to Third Lanark in 1903 and helped them to the league title in his first season with the club, Record of pre-war Scottish League Players John Litster / Scottish Football Historian magazine, October 2012 having scored a

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-winning goal against his former employers in the opening part of the season, although he did not play in ''Thirds Scottish Cup win of

1905 As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia ( Shostakovich's 11th Symphony ...

.Football. Scottish Cup–Final Tie.
The Glasgow Herald, 17 April 1905 He retired in 1906. Campbell was

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twelve times by Scotland between 1893 and 1903. He scored four goals, including two against

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in March 1900. He captained Scotland against

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in 1902.

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Scotland profile at www.londonhearts.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, John 1872 births 1947 deaths Association football forwards Aston Villa F.C. players Celtic F.C. players First Division/Premier League top scorers Scotland international footballers Scottish Football League players Scottish Football League representative players Scottish footballers Footballers from Glasgow English Football League players Third Lanark A.C. players Scottish Junior Football Association players Benburb F.C. players Scottish league football top scorers Place of death missing FA Cup final players

Career

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