About Nim Campbell
Lived 1929 – 2012 (aged 82). Nim Campbell was an association football player and rugby union player.
Norman MacDonald "Nim" Campbell (23 September 1929 — 22 September 2012) was a Scottish international rugby union player of the 1950s.
Campbell was born in Tylorstown, Wales, where his Scottish father worked as a schoolteacher. He attended Sherborne School in Dorset and played his rugby in London, having moved to the city for his medical studies.
A scrum-half, Campbell competed for London Scottish and the St Mary's Hospital side. He gained two Scotland caps in the 1956 Five Nations, against France at Murrayfield and Wales at Cardiff Arms Park.
Campbell practiced medicine in Worthing, Sussex.
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Who was Nim Campbell?
rugby player
When was Nim Campbell born?
Nim Campbell was born on 23 September 1929.
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Nim Campbell died on 22 September 2012.
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Nim Campbell was an association football player and rugby union player.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Nim Campbell. https://biography.guide/nim-campbell/
MLA: "Nim Campbell." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/nim-campbell/.
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