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Inducted into the Hall of Fame in December 1948. Born
September 21st, 1909 in Stratton Ontario, Keith Campbell
became the first inductee into the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame after
holding a then record of 359 consecutive league and cup appearances in
the English National League. An
engineering graduate of Manitoba University, the 5’8”, 162lb-left
winger came to London to join the Richmond Hawks for the 1935/36 season.
Prior to coming to this country, Campbell had played for the Monkton
Hawks after a spell with Pittsburgh. Campbell
spent four years as a Harringay Greyhound, which included back-to-back
league title successes. During the Second World War, he worked in an
aircraft factory and turned out for Brighton’s Sunday league outfit,
before briefly joining the Tigers in the Autumn of 1946. Returning
to Harringay, he helped the Racers to a league title in 1949 before
moving on to join the Earls Court Rangers as player-coach. Keith
Campbell proved his versatility by being named in the 1939/40 All-Star
A-team as a left-winger and to the 1946/47 A-team as a defenceman. The
following year he was named coach of the All-Star B-team, a feat he
repeated in the 1951/52 honours. He
retired in 1953 aged 44, as the oldest player in the league. His twelve
seasons saw him post figures of 156 goals and 255 assists for 411 points
from 545 games, taking 203 penalty minutes in the process. Compiled with research, provided by Martin C.Harris – July 1998 |
