Owen Campbell (rugby league)

Owen Campbell
Personal information
Full name Owen Belmont Campbell
Born 1917
Tingha, New South Wales
Died 7 August 1993
Caringbah, New South Wales
Playing information
Position Winger

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1938 Newtown 7 1 0 0 3
1940 Eastern Suburbs 3 0 0 0 0
1941–45 St George Dragons 56 26 0 0 78
Total 66 27 0 0 81

Owen Belmont Campbell (1917–1993) was an Australian rugby league player of the 1930s and 1940s. He was a winger who played with three different Sydney clubs during his career and won the 1941 premiership with the St George Dragons.[1]

Career

Owen Campbell featured in seven NSWRFL seasons. Originally from Maitland, New South Wales, he started his career at Newtown Jets in 1938, then moved to Eastern Suburbs for one season in 1940 and then moved to the St George Dragons for five seasons between 1941-1945. He won a premiership when he scored two tries for St George in 1941 Grand Final. He retired at the end of 1945.[2]

Campbell died on 7 August 1993, aged 75.[3]

Owen Campbell (middle left) in St. George's 1941 premiership-winning team.

Published sources

  • Whiticker, Alan & Hudson, Glen (2006) The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, Gavin Allen Publishing, Sydney
  • Haddan, Steve (2007) The Finals - 100 Years of National Rugby League Finals, Steve Haddan Publishing, Brisbane

References

  1. ↑ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995 ( ISBN 1875169571)
  2. ↑ http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/owen-campbell/summary.html
  3. ↑ Sydney Morning Herald - Death Notice 09/08/1993
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