youthclubs clubs death_date death_place caps birth_place goals name birth_date article_title birth_name
newcastle united felling red star newcastle united felling red star 06 february 2015 gateshead , tyne and wear 181 byermoor , county durham 45 johnny campbell 23 july 1928 johnny campbell -lrb- footballer , born 1928 -rrb-
 john campbell
johnny campbell -lrb- footballer , born 1928 -rrb-

`` this article relates to the english footballer .
for others , see john campbell . ''
johnny campbell -lrb- born 23 july 1928 - 6 february 2015 -rrb- was an english footballer who played as a winger .
campbell played league football for gateshead between 1949 and 1956 , scoring 45 goals in 181 league appearances before moving to non-league consett in 1956 .
in 1946 he signed as an amateur for newcastle united however his career was interrupted due to national service in the raf .
following this , he played amateur football for felling red star in gateshead .
in november 1949 he left his employment as a mechanic and joined gateshead afc of the third division north as a professional player .
he played in gateshead 's famous fa cup run of 1953 where they reached the 6th round - liverpool -lrb- h -rrb- 1-0 , hull city -lrb- a -rrb- 2-1 , and plymouth -lrb- a -rrb- 1-0 - an exciting cup journey before falling to a solitary goal by bolton 's nat lofthouse , the lion of vienna , in the sixth round at redheugh park before a crowd of 17,692 .
