Sam Boyd Campbell Explained

Sam Boyd Campbell
Birth Date:29 June 1889
Birth Place:Cuddapah, British India
Death Place:Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Occupation:Medical doctor
School:Foyle College
University:University of Edinburgh
Position:Forward
Repyears1:1911–13
Repcaps1:12
Reppoints1:0

Samuel Burnside Boyd Campbell (29 June 1889 — 28 February 1971) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Born in British India, Campbell was the son of Irish Presbyterian missionaries and attended Foyle College in Derry, followed by medical studies at the University of Edinburgh.[1]

Campbell gained 12 Ireland caps as a forward between 1911 and 1913.

In World War I, Campbell volunteered with the 36th Ulster Division and was attached to the 108th Field Ambulance of the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was involved in the Battle of the Somme and earned a Military Cross in 1918.[2]

Campbell was a professor of medicine at Queen's University Belfast and a consultant physician to Royal Victoria Hospital. He retired to Ballycastle, County Antrim, in 1954.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Dr. S. B. B. Campbell . . 2 March 1971.
  2. Obituary . . 1971 . 33 . 794.