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) |
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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.
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.