James Alexander Campbell (1 July 1858 in Lake Athabasca, Canada - 20 June 1902 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) was a Canadian-born rugby player who represented Scotland at international level.
He was capped for Scotland between 1878–81, and he was amongst the youngest player ever to be capped for Scotland - he was nearly twenty years old when he was capped against England on 4 March 1878.Campbell attended Merchiston Castle School, which he was attending when capped in 1878.
He made his debut for Scotland in 1878 at the young age of 19.
He earned a total of 5 caps for Scotland.
For his final three internationals he was playing club rugby for Glasgow Academicals.