Fred Campbell (basketball) explained

Fred Campbell
Position:Guard
Height Ft:5
Height In:11
Weight Lb:175
Birth Date:8 August 1920
Birth Place:Illinois, U.S.
Death Place:Austin, Texas, U.S.
High School:Herrin (Herrin, Illinois)
College:Southern Illinois (1940–1942)
Years1:1946–1947
Team1:Detroit Gems
Years2:1947–1949
Team2:Detroit Vagabond Kings
Years3:1949–1950
Team3:Detroit Mansfield
Years4:1949–1954
Team4:Detroit Vagabond Kings
Cyears1:1947
Cteam1:Detroit Gems (interim HC)
Cyears2:1947–1948,
1949–1954
Cteam2:Detroit Vagabond Kings

Fred Gaines Campbell (August 8, 1920 – December 3, 2008) was an American professional basketball player and coach as well as minor league baseball player.[1] [2] [3] He played in the National Basketball League for the Detroit Gems and Detroit Vagabond Kings. While playing for the Gems he served as the head coach during the second half of the season after coach Joel Mason resigned.[4] In many seasons with the Vagabond Kings, except for the only one in which the franchise played in the NBL (the rest of the years they were independent), Campbell also served as a player-coach.[1] In two seasons as an NBL player, Campbell averaged 5.8 points per game.[2]

In baseball, he played for a number of minor league teams in New York and Texas.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fred Campbell. Blogspot . Peach Basket Society . 9 March 2016. September 28, 2016.
  2. Web site: Fred Campbell NBL stats. Sports Reference LLC . basketball-reference.com . September 28, 2016.
  3. Web site: Fred Campbell minor league statistics. Sports Reference LLC . baseball-reference.com . September 28, 2016.
  4. Book: Marcus, Jeff . Biographical Directory of Professional Basketball Coaches. Scarecrow Press, Inc.. 2003. Lanham, Maryland. 0-8108-4007-3.