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John Campbell scored his first international goal in his debut match on 27 Mar 1880

Football player John Campbell

John Campbell

Born on 2 June 1856, Glasgow
Died on 29 August 1929 (aged 73)

National team appearances of John Campbell

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Scotland	1880	1				1		1.000
Total:		1				1		1.000

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
South Western, Glasgow	27 Mar 1880	1				1		1.000

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Goals

Goals/ Caps

Friendly matches and other tournaments

1.000

Total:

1.000

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
27 Mar 1880	Wales	debut; first goal	23 years 9 months 25 days

Record of John Campbell's goals by opponent team

Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	Matches by goals in a match				Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	1	2	3	>3	Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Wales	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000

Record of national team matches played by John Campbell

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Scotland national football team	1	1	0	0	5	1	100.0

John Campbell's international caps

as player of South Western, Glasgow:

debut age, age when scoring first goal - 23 years 9 months 25 days

27 Mar 1880 15:30

Glasgow, Hampden Park

5-1

Scotland vs Wales

Friendly International

1х

Comments

Zsorzsinju Hungary - Additional information posted on 30 November 2014 at 22:27:13

John Campbell
Born: 1850
Died: 02.12.1947

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pieterkooijman Netherlands - Error report posted on 2 December 2014 at 18:25:44

He was born in the 1850’s. So it could have been 1850 up to 1859.
1850 is only a possiblity but unlikely.
D.o.d. 02-12-1947 is not correct. That’s another John Campbell, another player born in 1871. (link:

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Milosh1983 Serbia - Additional information posted on 1 January 2020 at 11:39:28

D. o. B.: 1858-01-30
D. o. D.: 1924-01-13
Place of birth: Bishopbriggs (Scotland) (link:

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jakob76 Germany - Additional information posted on 19 June 2021 at 10:21:01

John Campbell

Date of birth: 2 June 1856 in Glasgow

Date of death: 29 August 1929 in Glasgow

Source: The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who’s Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939

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