| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Campbell | ||
| Date of birth | c. 1939 (age 84–85) | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Drumchapel Amateurs | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1958–1965 | St Mirren | 118 | (4) |
| 1965–1966 | Greenock Morton | 17 | (5) |
| – | Durban City | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Robert Campbell (born c. 1939) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right back, primarily with St Mirren.[1] He appeared in the 1962 Scottish Cup Final which Saints lost to Rangers,[2][3] having fallen at the semi-final stage to Dunfermline Athletic the previous season after a replay.[4] Campbell was at the Paisley club when they won the same trophy in 1959, but the long-serving David Lapsley was still occupying the position at that point).[citation needed]
There was another player of the same name, a forward, on St Mirren's books from 1959, and as a consequence they became known in match reports as 'Black' Campbell and 'Red' Campbell to differentiate[5][6] ('Red' was the right-back, who had ginger hair – the forward has been reported as having very dark hair,[6] but in fact it was a light brown shade).[5] 'Black' Bobby Campbell stated that in training, he was referred to as "Boaby", a more common pronunciation in his native Ayrshire, while the Glaswegian 'Red' was simply "Bobby".[5] The name issue seemed to resolved itself when 'Black' moved on to Greenock Morton in 1963,[7] but two years later 'Red' made the same move. Both stayed at the club until 1966, with 'Red' Campbell then moving to play for Durban City in South Africa[8] ('Black' went to Motherwell).[5]