Nim Campbell
| Full name | Norman MacDonald Campbell | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 23 September 1929 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tylorstown, Rhondda, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 September 2012 (aged 82) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Worthing, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Sherborne School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of London | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Doctor | ||||||||||||||||
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Norman MacDonald "Nim" Campbell (23 September 1929 — 22 September 2012) was a Scottish international rugby union player of the 1950s.
Campbell was born in Tylorstown, Wales, where his Scottish father worked as a schoolteacher. He attended Sherborne School in Dorset and played his rugby in London, having moved to the city for his medical studies.[1]
A scrum-half, Campbell competed for London Scottish and the St Mary's Hospital side. He gained two Scotland caps in the 1956 Five Nations, against France at Murrayfield and Wales at Cardiff Arms Park.[2]
Campbell practiced medicine in Worthing, Sussex.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Woolford, Anthony (2 November 2010). "Tylorstown has a rich history on the international stage". Wales Online.
- ^ "Cap for Campbell". Weekly Dispatch. 25 December 1955.
- ^ "Nim Campbell Obituary". The Hillyarder (67): 3. December 2012.
External links
[edit]- Nim Campbell at ESPNscrum