Robert Campbell (born c. 1939) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right back, primarily with St Mirren.St. Mirren: 1946/47 - 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database He appeared in the 1962 Scottish Cup Final which Saints lost to Rangers,Rangers Coast to Cup Win, The Glasgow Herald, 23 April 1962Rangers Beat St. Mirren (video footage), Pathé News Archive, 1962 having fallen at the semi-final stage to Dunfermline Athletic the previous season after a replay.1961: Dunfermline 1 St Mirren 0 | Memorable Match #17, Dunfermline Athletic FC Campbell was at the Paisley club when they won the same trophy in 1959, but the long-serving David Lapsley was still occupying the position at that point).
There was another player of the same name, a forward, on St Mirren's books from 1959, and as a consequence they became known in match reports as 'Black' Campbell and 'Red' Campbell to differentiateThe St Mirren Campbells - one Black and one Red, Sunday Post, 9 October 2016, via PressReaderWhen Celtic signed two 'Rangers men' in one day, Evening Telegraph, 18 September 2017 ('Red' was the right-back, who had ginger hair – the forward has been reported as having very dark hair, but in fact it was a light brown shade). 'Black' Bobby Campbell stated that in training, he was referred to as "Boaby", a more common pronunciation in his native Ayrshire, while the Glaswegian 'Red' was simply "Bobby". The name issue seemed to resolved itself when 'Black' moved on to Greenock Morton in 1963,Greenock Morton: 1946/47 - 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database but two years later 'Red' made the same move. Both stayed at the club until 1966, with 'Red' Campbell then moving to play for Durban City in South AfricaTurner & Wright / Turnwright's Chocolate - Soccer ~ South African N.F.L. (07) - Complete Checklist, Football Cartophilic Info Exchange, 18 April 2018 ('Black' went to Motherwell).
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