Whitey Campbell | |
Birth Date: | 19 January 1926 |
Birth Place: | New York City, U.S. |
Death Place: | Rutherfordton, North Carolina, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1946–1949 |
Player Team2: | Miami (FL) |
Player Sport3: | Basketball |
Player Years4: | 1946–1950 |
Player Team4: | Miami (FL) |
Player Sport5: | Baseball |
Player Years6: | 1947–1950 |
Player Team6: | Miami (FL) |
Player Positions: | Fullback (football) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1950 |
Coach Team2: | Miami (FL) (assistant freshmen) |
Coach Years3: | 1951–1956 |
Coach Team3: | Miami Jackson HS (FL) (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 1957–1961 |
Coach Team4: | Miami (FL) (assistant) |
Coach Years5: | 1965–1966 |
Coach Team5: | Montana (assistant) |
Coach Years6: | 1967–1968 |
Coach Team6: | Navy (assistant) |
Coach Years7: | 1969–1970 |
Coach Team7: | Kentucky (assistant) |
Coach Years8: | 1971–1975 |
Coach Team8: | Miami (FL) (assistant) |
Coach Years9: | 1976–1980 |
Coach Team9: | New Orleans Saints (ST) |
Coach Sport10: | Basketball |
Coach Years11: | 1951–1957 |
Coach Team11: | Miami Jackson HS (FL) |
Coach Sport12: | Baseball |
Coach Years13: | 1958 |
Coach Team13: | Miami (FL) |
Coach Years14: | 1960–1962 |
Coach Team14: | Miami (FL) |
Coach Years15: | 1966 |
Coach Team15: | Montana |
Alexander Carr "Whitey" Campbell (January 19, 1926 – November 3, 2015) was an American football, basketball, baseball player and coach. He served as the head baseball coach at the University of Miami in 1958 and from 1960 to 1962 and at the University of Montana in 1966.
Born in New York City and raised in Caldwell, New Jersey, Campbell attended James Caldwell High School, where he graduated in 1944 and was inducted into the school's hall of fame in 1990.[1]
Campbell died on November 3, 2015, in Rutherfordton, North Carolina, after suffering from Alzheimer's disease.[2]