Howard Campbell (rugby union)

Howard Hindmarsh Campbell (10 November 1921 — 23 February 2012) was a Scottish international rugby union player.

Howard Campbell

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Full name	Howard Hindmarsh Campbell
Date of birth	(1921-11-10)10 November 1921
Place of birth	Machakos, Kenya Colony
Date of death	23 February 2012(2012-02-23) (aged 90)
Place of death	Reading, England
School	Oundle School
University	University of Cambridge
Occupation(s)	Civil engineer
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1947–48 Scotland 4 (0)

Campbell was born in Machakos, near Nairobi. His family were in Kenya through his Perthshire raised father's work as a civil engineer with the public works department. He boarded at Oundle School and attended the University of Cambridge.

In World War II, Campbell served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers. He was awarded a Military Cross for gallantry while taking part in the liberation of North Brabant in the Netherlands.

Campbell, a prop, gained a blue for Cambridge University in the 1946 Varsity Match and the following year won the first of his four Scotland caps, debuting against Ireland at Murrayfield. He also played rugby for London Scottish.

A civil engineer, Campbell lived in South Africa, Sri Lanka and South Africa while working for Shell.

See also

• List of Scotland national rugby union players

External links

• Howard Campbell at ESPNscrum