fullname years death_date death_place clubs birth_place caps goals position birth_date article_title name
robert gordon campbell 1905-1906 1906-1914 31 may 1942 scotland queen 's park celtic rangers kilmarnock ayr united ellon , scotland 12 194 0 54 defender/forward 27 january 1883 robert campbell -lrb- footballer , born 1883 -rrb-
 robert campbell
robert campbell -lrb- footballer , born 1883 -rrb-

robert gordon campbell -lrb- 27 january 1883 -- 31 may 1942 -rrb- was a scottish footballer who played with celtic and rangers .
campbell joined rangers in january 1906 from celtic , having only moved from queen 's park in june 1905 and helped ease the injury crisis at ibrox .
he was a right back but in later years would convert to a striker .
he made his rangers debut against port glasgow on 20 january 1906 .
in the 1906 -- 07 season campbell saw himself being played up front .
his very first match in attack , a benefit match verse morton , saw him score all seven of the goals in a 7 -- 0 win .
his partnership with archie kyle saw him score 13 goals that season .
he finished the following two seasons as rangers top scorer with 25 and 17 goals respectively but he switched back to defence with the arrival of willie reid .
during his rangers career he made 211 appearances and scored 56 goals .
he won three league championships , three glasgow cups , two charity cups and the scottish national exhibition tournament in 1908 .
after his retirement he became a director of rangers in 1926 .
