Albert Campbell (footballer)

Albert Campbell (born 4 January 1938 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a former footballer who played with Crusaders in the Irish League in the 1960s, and who won two full international caps for Northern Ireland (the first Crusaders player to be capped): against Wales in the 1963 Home Internationals and Switzerland in a World Cup match in 1964. He also won a 'B' international cap against France in 1959.

Albert Campbell
Personal information
Date of birth (1938-01-04)4 January 1938
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Centre-half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1970 Crusaders 529 (26)
National team
1963–1964 Northern Ireland 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

With Crusaders, he won the Ulster Cup and County Antrim Shield, and was part of the club's first Irish Cup-winning teams in 1967 and 1968. He was named the Ulster Footballer of the Year for the 1960/61 season.[1]

References

  1. M. Brodie (ed.), Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 2009-2010, p. 102. Belfast:Ulster Tatler Publications


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