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Player #71

From:

To:

Career Status:

1890-91

1892-93

Retired

Appearances:

52

Starts:

52

Goals:

1

Assists:

0

Involvements:

1

George Campbell

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Midfielder

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PREVIOUS PLAYER

SUBSEQUENT PLAYER

George Campbell

Seasons Quick-View

1890-93 🕒 52 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 - | #71 |

Season :

1890-91
1891-92
1892-93

Age :

19
20
21

Division :

FL
FL
D1

Squad # :

#
#
#

Appearances :

17
20
15

Starts :

17
20
15

Substitute :

0
0
0

Unused :

0
0
0

Goals :

1
0
0

Assists :

0
-
-

Involvements :

1
0
0

Games / Goal :

17.00

Bookings :

-
-
-

Sendings Off :

-
-
-

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

George Campbell

Birth Date

28 March 1871

Birth Place

Largs, North Ayrshire

Birth Country

Scotland

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Citizenship

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Scotland

Villa Youth

n/a

Previous Teams (incl. Youth)

Renton FC

Original Transfer

Aged

19

From

Renton FC

For

Free

On

1890

Under

George Ramsay

Returning Transfer 1

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Returning Transfer 2

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Transfer Notes

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out 1

Aged

To

For

On

Under

21

Dundee FC

Free

1893

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Transfer Out 2

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Transfer Out 3

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Subsequent Clubs

Dundee FC
Retired

Died

4 April 1898, Aged 27

George Campbell

Villa Career

1890-93 🕒 52 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 - | #71 |

🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Played Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

25 October 1890

Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

First Squad

25 October 1890

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Debut

Season

Date

Match

Age

Manager

1890-91

25 October 1890

Derby County (h), Football League

19

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

Aged

Manager

1892-93

25 March 1893

Accrington (h), Division One

21

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Squad

25 March 1893

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Honours

Played for the Villa

Height

Foot

International Record

National Team

Not selected

Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |

Not selected

Caps with Villa

George Campbell

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Player #73 for Aston Villa, George Campbell played as a midfielder for the club. George represented Villa between 1890-91 and 1892-93.

George was born in Largs, Scotland in February 1871 and made his debut as a 19 year old on 25th October 1890.

Villa had signed George from Renton FC and he went on to represent the club on 52 occasions.

George was brought to the club alongside fellow Rentonian James Brown and they had remarkably similar Villa careers, debuting in the same game, scoring their first goals in the same game, making 50+ appearances and both leaving at the tail end of the 1892-93 season.

George proved a regular starter for Villa as the helped the club to one Top 10 and two Top 5 finishes as well as appearing once in the run to the 1891-92 FA Cup final.

Such was his commitment to the Villa cause that George played in goal in the 26th March 1892 fixture against Sunderland at Newcastle Road where a crowd of 18,000 saw Villa and their novice keeper lose 2-1.

George’s final game came as a 22 year old on 25th March 1893, after which George moved back to his native Scotland to play for Dundee.

George played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

George passed away in Kirkcaldy on 4th April 1898 aged just 27.

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