Sam Boyd Campbell

Sam Boyd Campbell
MC
Full name	Samuel Burnside Boyd Campbell
Date of birth	29 June 1889
Place of birth	Cuddapah, British India
Date of death	28 February 1971 (aged 81)
Place of death	Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
School	Foyle College
University	University of Edinburgh
Occupation(s)	Medical doctor
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Forward
International career
Years	Team
1911–13	Ireland

Samuel Burnside Boyd Campbell (29 June 1889 — 28 February 1971) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Born in British India, Campbell was the son of Irish Presbyterian missionaries and attended Foyle College in Derry, followed by medical studies at the University of Edinburgh.^[1]

Campbell gained 12 Ireland caps as a forward between 1911 and 1913.^[1]

In World War I, Campbell volunteered with the 36th Ulster Division and was attached to the 108th Field Ambulance of the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was involved in the Battle of the Somme and earned a Military Cross in 1918.^[2]

Campbell was a professor of medicine at Queen's University Belfast and a consultant physician to Royal Victoria Hospital. He retired to Ballycastle, County Antrim, in 1954.^[2]

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