Lewis Campbell
Personal information
Date of birth April 1864[1]
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland[1]
Date of death 1938 (aged 7374)[2]
Position(s) Left winger
Youth career
Dumbarton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Helensburgh
Glasgow United
Hibernian
1890–1893 Aston Villa 40 (20)
1893–1894 Port Vale 27 (13)
1894 Walsall Town Swifts
1894–1895 Burton Swifts 23 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lewis Campbell (April 1864 – 1938) was a Scottish footballer. He was pacey and difficult to defend against.

Career

Campbell played for Dumbarton, Helensburgh, Glasgow United, and Hibernian, before moving to England to play for Aston Villa in January 1890;[1] at the time of the 1891 census he was a boarder in Birmingham along with compatriot and teammate John Baird.[3] At Villa he earned an FA Cup runner-up medal in 1892 as he was unable to prevent West Bromwich Albion romping to victory 3–0 at The Oval. In August 1893, he joined Port Vale.[1] He claimed 13 goals in 27 Second Division in the 1893–94 season, and became the first "Valiant" to score a hat-trick (he actually scored four goals) in the Football League in a 5–0 win over Walsall Town Swifts on 9 September.[1] However, he left the Athletic Ground in 1894 because his wife did not like the Potteries area. He moved on to Walsall Town Swifts and then Burton Swifts.[1]

Career statistics

Source:[4]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aston Villa 1889–90 Football League 211031
1890–91 Football League 9123114
1891–92 Football League 1815512316
1892–93 First Division 11300113
Total 4020844824
Burslem Port Vale 1893–94 Second Division 2713112814
Burton Swifts 1894–95 Second Division 239212510

Honours

Aston Villa

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 52. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. "Aston Villa Player Database". www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  3. 1891 England Census, via Ancestry (subscription required)
  4. Lewis Campbell at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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