H. Craig Campbell
H. Craig
Campbell

Born
N/A
Date of passing
30 January 1929 (Age N/A)
Birthplace
Liverpool, ENG
Where they grew up
Liverpool, England

Bio

H. Craig Campbell

Hugh Craig Cambell... he moved to Canada in 1909... worked as a football writer for the Montréal Standard newspaper... worked as a football writer for the Montréal Star newspaper... he was 58 years old when he passed away in Montréal, QC on 30 January 1929...

served as the fourth President of the Dominion of Canada Football Association (1915 until after the Great War in 1919)... honoured as a Canada Soccer Life Member...

as noted in 1929, “there were few better known figures in soccer in Canada than the late Mr. Campbell as not only was he prominently identified with the development of soccer in the district of Montreal, but was known wherever he was one of the founders and served for five years as president of the Dominion Football Association”...

For Sport

served as the fourth President of Canada Soccer (1915-19), then known as the Dominion of Canada Football Association... was the first DCFA president to serve for multiple years, having been elected at the annual meetings in August 1915 and then running the Association during the Great War years (no annual meetings were held in 1916, 1917 or 1918)... served as a Canada Soccer Executive Member (1912-13), Canada Soccer Vice-President (1913-14 to 1914-15), and Canada Soccer Honorary President (1919-20)...

served as president of the Fédération de soccer du Québec (1913 and 1919)...

Individual Honours