Thomas J. Campbell (American football) explained

Thomas J. Campbell
Birth Date:27 October 1886
Birth Place:Gardner, Massachusetts, U.S.
Death Place:South Natick, Massachusetts, U.S.
Player Years1:1910–1911
Player Team1:Harvard
Player Positions:Halfback
Coach Years1:1912
Coach Team1:Morristown HS (NJ)
Coach Years2:1913–1914
Coach Team2:Harvard (assistant)
Coach Years3:1915
Coach Team3:Bowdoin
Coach Years4:1916–1919
Coach Team4:North Carolina
Coach Years5:1922
Coach Team5:Virginia
Coach Years6:1923–1924
Coach Team6:Harvard (freshmen)
Overall Record:16–16–2 (college)
Championships:

Thomas Joseph Campbell (October 27, 1886 – February 28, 1972)[1] [2] was an American banker and football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Bowdoin College in 1915, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1916 to 1919, and at the University of Virginia in 1922, compiling a career college football record of 16–16–2. Campbell played football at Harvard University, from which he graduated in 1912.[3]

Campbell married Mildred Bell in 1920 in New York.

Coaching career

In 1916 and 1919, Campbell served as the head coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he compiled a 9–7–1 record. From 1917 to 1918, he served in the military during World War I while North Carolina's football program was suspended. In 1922, Campbell coached at the University of Virginia, tallying a mark of 4–4–1.

Head coaching record

College

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Harvard College: Class of 1912, Twenty-fifth Anniversary Report. Sixth Report, June 1937. 1937.
  2. News: Thomas J. Campbell . . . former Middlesex County Bank VP . . . March 1, 1972 . 42 . September 14, 2016 . .
  3. Web site: Media Center: Harvard Crimson Football All-Time Letterwinners . . April 13, 2012.