Dave Campbell (American football), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American football player
Date of Birth: 05-Sep-1873
Place of Birth: Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 30-Jun-1949
Profession: American football player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Dave Campbell (American football)
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- Campbell (September 5, 1873 – June 30, 1949) was an American college football player who was a member of the Harvard Crimson football team of Harvard University.
- Campbell was selected as a consensus All-American at the end position for three consecutive years from 1899 to 1901.
- He was the captain of the undefeated 1901 Harvard Crimson football team that finished 12–0.
- He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1958. Campbell was born in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1873.
- He grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts, and played football at the Worcester Academy and Lawrence Scientific School.
- He enrolled at Harvard in his mid-20s and played for the Harvard Crimson football team from 1899 to 1901.
- As team captain, he led the 1901 Harvard team to an undefeated record and co-national championship.
- He was remembered as "one of the game's purest defensive stars in a pioneer era when defense dominated the competition." During his three years on the Harvard eleven, the team compiled a 32–1–1 record and recorded 26 shutout victories.Campbell graduated from Harvard in 1902.
- With the outbreak of World War I, he worked in the manufacture of explosives in 1915 for the English and French governments.
- In 1916 and 1917, he manufactured flash powder for the United States government.
- When the United States entered the war, Campbell joined the Army and served in Europe with the 304th Tank Corps.After World War I, Campbell worked as a mining engineer in North and South America.
- He later worked as an investment banker in Boston.
- He was affiliated with the Lever Brothers Company after retiring in the early 1940s.
- He died in 1949 at age 75 in Boston.Campbell was posthumously inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1958.
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