Colin Mansfield Campbell (13 August 1872 – 3 April 1907) was an

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er who played for

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in the

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(VFL) and a

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er, representing

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Family

The youngest son of Donald Campbell (1833–1907), and his second wife, Elizabeth Campbell (1825–1910), née Brumby, Colin Mansfield Campbell was born at

Cressy, Tasmania Cressy is a small town south-west of Launceston, Tasmania. It came into existence in the 1850s to service the surrounding wheat farms. At the 2006 census, Cressy had a population of 670. It is known as Tasmania's "Trout capital" for the good ...

on 13 August 1872.

Education

Educated at Horton College, Ross, Tasmania, he commenced his medical studies medicine at Queen's College at the

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in 1891, and completed them in Scotland. In 1903 he qualified for the '' Scottish Triple Conjoint Diploma''; and, in so doing, he gained the following qualifications: * Licentiate of the

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(L.R.C.P. Edin.). * Licentiate of the

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(L.R.C.P. Edin.). * Licentiate of the

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(L.F.P.S. Glas.).

Football

He attracted the Essendon (then VFA) club's attention during Essendon's 1890 Tasmanian tour match against a combined North-Eastern Football team. Immediately he arrived in Melbourne to commence his medical studies, he began his career with Essendon, kicking a goal, and one of its best players, in the first match of the 1891 season, against Footscray, on 2 May 1891. Campbell played for Essendon in the

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(VFA) from 1891 to 1896, was its vice-captain in 1893, and was a member of its four premiership sides. Although not playing at all during the home-and-away season, he played for Essendon (VFL) in the first two matches of the three-match inaugural VFL finals series on 21 August (against Geelong) at the

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, on 28 August 1897 (against Collingwood) at the

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. He was unavailable for the third and final match, on 4 September 1897 (against Melbourne) at the

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, due to illness. On the basis of the team's victories in the round-robin competition, and because no Grand Final was needed, Essendon was awarded the 1897 premiership; and, so, due to the round-robin nature of the contest, Campbell was (and still is) legitimately recognized as "a premiership player". He also played in 1898 and 1899, including the (losing) 1898 VFL Grand Final, in which he played at centre half-forward.

Cricket

Also in 1897, Campbell represented Tasmania in a

match against

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at the North Tasmania Cricket Association Ground. He was dismissed in both innings by another debutant in

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, for scores of 0 and 17. Whilst in England he played rugby and cricket, scoring over 1000 runs in a season for the Ryton Cricket Club.

Death

He died in 1907 of

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, whilst working and living in

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, England.Remember Colin Campbell?, ''The Sporting Globe'', (Saturday, 24 July 1937), p.8.
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Footnotes

References

* Maplestone, M., ''Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996'', Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. * Ross, J. (ed), ''100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported'', Viking, (Ringwood), 1996.

External links

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Cricinfo Profile: Colin Campbell
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