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| Position | Guard | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born | (1930-08-26)August 26, 1930 Hastings, Nebraska, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | March 14, 2005(2005-03-14) (aged 74) Elgin, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 226 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school | Rochelle Twp (Rochelle, Illinois) | ||||||||
| College | Iowa State | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1952: 18th round, 213th overall pick | ||||||||
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Stanley Hugh Campbell (August 26, 1930 – March 14, 2005) was an Americanfootball player. He playedcollege football atIowa State College from 1949 to 1951 and professional football as anoffensive guard in theNational Football League (NFL) for theDetroit Lions in 1952 and from 1955 to 1958 and for thePhiladelphia Eagles from 1959 to 1961 He concluded his football career with theAmerican Football League (AFL)'sOakland Raiders in1962.
Campbell was born in 1930 inHastings, Nebraska. He attendedRochelle Township High School inRochelle, Illinois, located approximately 80 miles west ofChicago.[1]
Campbell enrolled atIowa State College in 1948 and played college football for theIowa State Cyclones football team from 1949 to 1951. In 1951, he was selected as Iowa State's captain.[2] He was also the only player to be selected as a first-team player on both the offensive and defensive squads of the1951 All-Big Seven Conference football team selected by the Associated Press.[3] He was also selected to play in the 1951East–West Shrine Game.[4]
Campbell was selected by theDetroit Lions in the 18th round of the1952 NFL draft.[1] He played on two Lions teams that won NFL championships in1952 and1957. In five seasons with the Lions, he appeared in 41 games.[1] He missed the 1953 and 1954 seasons after being inducted into the military.[5]
In September 1959, the Lions traded Campbell to thePhiladelphia Eagles in exchange for a 1960 draft choice.[6] He won a third NFL championship with the1960 Eagles and appeared in 37 games for the Eagles from 1959 to 1961.[1]
After being released by the Eagles in April 1962,[7] Campbell signed with theOakland Raiders of theAmerican Football League.[8] He appeared in 14 games for the Raiders during the 1962 season.[1]
After his football career, Campbell operated a carpet cleaning business. He and his wife, Sherry Campbell had four sons, Scott, Doug, Jeff and Chris. Doug and Scott were born on the same day Stan was in the 1960 NFL Championship game.[9] He and his wife were later divorced. Campbell died in March 2005 at age 74 inElgin, Illinois.[1]
