Eddie Cameron | |
Height: | [1] |
Position: | Forward |
Birth Date: | 1895 |
Birth Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
Death Place: | Stafford, England |
Years1: | 1919–1921 |
Years2: | 1921–1922 |
Caps2: | 6 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | 1922–1924 |
Clubs3: | Walsall |
Caps3: | 63 |
Goals3: | 4 |
Years4: | 1924–1925 |
Clubs4: | Nelson |
Caps4: | 46 |
Goals4: | 10 |
Years5: | 1925–1928 |
Clubs5: | Stafford Rangers |
Years6: | 1928–1929 |
Caps6: | 24 |
Goals6: | 9 |
Years7: | 1929 |
Clubs7: | Nelson |
Caps7: | 0 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Years8: | 1929–1931 |
Clubs8: | Stafford Rangers |
Years9: | 1931–1933 |
Clubs9: | Cradley Heath |
Years10: | 1933–1934 |
Clubs10: | Hednesford Town |
Years11: | 1934–193? |
Clubs11: | Stafford Rangers |
Edward S. Cameron (1895 – after 1933) was a Scottish professional footballer who made 139 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham, Walsall, Nelson and Exeter City.[2] He played as a forward.
Cameron was born in Glasgow. He began his football career with Clydebank before moving to England to sign for Birmingham in July 1921. Described as "a burly Scot ... never a great goalscorer, but a player who 'employed direct methods'",[3] Cameron made his debut in the First Division on 29 August 1921 in a 2–1 win away at Chelsea. He played five more times, scoring once,[4] but was allowed to leave for Walsall at the end of the 1921–22 season.[3] He played regularly for the club for a little less than two years, then moved up to Nelson of the Second Division in March 1922.[2] [3] Unable to prevent their relegation that season, he contributed to their immediate promotion back to the Second Division in 1924–25.[5]
In 1926 he joined Stafford Rangers, where his prolific goalscoring helped them to the championship of the Birmingham & District League in the 1926–27 season,[6] and helped him earn a return to the Football League with Exeter City. He scored nine goals from 24 Third Division South games – completing his set of all four Football League divisions played in[2] – before an unsuccessful trial at former club Nelson preceded a return to Stafford Rangers[3] and a runners-up medal in 1929–30.[6] He then won his second Birmingham & District League title, this time with Cradley Heath,[7] and scored goals for Hednesford Town,[8] before finishing off his career with yet another return to Stafford Rangers.[3]