Peter Campbell (football player, 1857)

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Peter Campbell
Personnel
birthday March 5, 1857
place of birth Rhu ,  Scotland
date of death January 27, 1883
position striker
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1872-1879 Glasgow Rangers
1879-1880 Blackburn Rovers
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1878-1879 Scotland 2 (3)
1 Only league games are given.

Peter Campbell (born March 5, 1857 in Rhu , † January 27, 1883 ) was a Scottish football player and one of the founding fathers of the Glasgow Rangers . The two-time Scottish international reached the Scottish Cup final twice in his club career with the Rangers in the 1870s .

Career

Peter Campbell was born in 1857 as the son of a steamship master and shipping entrepreneur in Rhu, a town in the county of Dunbartonshire . He later moved to Glasgow and initially worked as an apprentice for the Barclay, Curle and Company shipyard .

Campbell was one of the founding fathers of the Glasgow Rangers along with Tom Vallance , the brothers Peter McNeil and Moses McNeil, and William McBeath . In March 1872, the young Protestant students saw a group of young men playing football, whereupon they decided to form their own team. Campbell was only 15 years old. The first game of this team took place under the name "Argyle" in May 1872 in Flesher's Haugh against FC Callander and ended with a goalless 0-0. The official establishment took place on July 15, 1873 under the name Glasgow Rangers.

As a player, he helped the young club reach the Scottish Cup finals of 1877 and 1879 . He lost with his club against FC Vale of Leven . He completed a five-year apprenticeship with Barclay Curle and a further two years as a journeyman until 1879 while playing for the Rangers. From 1879 to 1880 he played in England for the Blackburn Rovers .

On March 23, 1878 Campbell made his debut for the Scottish national team against Wales . In Glasgow's Hampden Park , Scotland beat the Welsh 9-0; Campbell scored two goals. In his second and last international match in April 1879, also against Wales, he scored his third international goal in a 3-0 away win at Acton Park in Wrexham .

Campbell died in January 1883 at the age of 25 years at sea when his ship, the Saint Columba, in a storm in the Bay of Biscay was setting than coal from South Wales to Bombay promoted.

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personal data
SURNAME Campbell, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Rhu , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 1883