Danny Campbell | |
Fullname: | Daniel William Campbell[1] |
Birth Date: | 20 April 1956[2] |
Birth Place: | New Zealand |
Death Place: | Mitimiti, New Zealand |
Club1: | Far North Falcons |
Club2: | Wigan |
Year2start: | 1979 |
Year2end: | 1986 |
Appearances2: | 145 |
Tries2: | 12 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Fieldgoals2: | 0 |
Points2: | 38 |
Club3: | Leigh |
Year3start: | 1986 |
Appearances3: | 10 |
Tries3: | 0 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Fieldgoals3: | 0 |
Points3: | 0 |
Club4: | Runcorn Highfield |
Year4start: | 1986 |
Year4end: | 1989 |
Appearances4: | 60 |
Tries4: | 0 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Fieldgoals4: | 0 |
Points4: | 0 |
Teama: | Northland |
Teamb: | New Zealand |
Yearbstart: | 1980 |
Appearancesb: | 1 |
Triesb: | 0 |
Goalsb: | 0 |
Fieldgoalsb: | 0 |
Pointsb: | 0 |
Source: | [3] |
Daniel William Campbell (20 April 1956 – 22 August 2021) was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who played professionally for Wigan, Leigh and Runcorn Highfield.[3]
Campbell played for the Far North Falcons and represented Northland.
Danny Campbell moved to England in 1979, joining Wigan. Danny Campbell played at in Wigan's 15-4 victory over Leeds in the 1982–83 John Player Trophy Final during the 1982–83 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 22 January 1983.[4] Danny Campbell was a substitute in Wigan's 28-24 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1985 Challenge Cup Final during the 1984–85 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 4 May 1985. He played in a total of 145 matches for Wigan between 1979 and 1986.[5]
He was part of the New Zealand squad during their 1980 tour of Great Britain and France, but did not appear in any of the Test matches.[2]
On 25 August 2021, Leigh Centurions announced on Twitter that he had died at home in Mitimiti, New Zealand.[6] He left a wife and four children.