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| Full name | Daniel William Campbell[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 April 1956[2] New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 August 2021 (aged 65) Mitimiti, North Island, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop, Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [3] As of 25 August 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danny Campbell was a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who played professionally for Wigan (Heritage № 755), Leigh (Heritage № 951) and Runcorn Highfield.[3]
Campbell played for the Far North Falcons and represented Northland.
Danny Campbell moved to England in 1979, joining Wigan. Danny Campbell played right-prop, i.e. number 10, in Wigan's 15-4 victory over Leeds in the 1982–83 John Player Trophy Final during the 1982–83 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 22 January 1983.[4] Danny Campbell was an interchange/substitute in Wigan's 28-24 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1985 Challenge Cup Final during the 1984–85 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 4 May 1985. He played in a total of 145 matches for Wigan between 1979 and 1986.[5]
He was part of the New Zealand squad during their 1980 tour of Great Britain and France, but did not appear in any of the Test matches.[2]
On 25 August 2021, Leigh Centurions announced on Twitter that he had died at home in Mitimiti, New Zealand.[6] He left a wife and four children.