William Alexander Campbell

Quick Facts

Full Name	William Alexander Campbell
Occupation	Rugby Union Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 28, 1961(1961-11-28)
Age	63
Country	Australia
Birth City	Brisbane
Horoscope	Scorpio

William Alexander Campbell Biography

William Alexander Campbell is one of the most popular and richest Rugby Union Player who was born on November 28, 1961 in Brisbane, Australia. The same time in the same year, the coach Alan Jones took the Wallabies into the Bledisloe Cup series based on his motto “KISS” – Keep It Simple stupid. The Wallabies were victorious in the opening Test match 13-12 and The All Blacks won the second Test match 13-12 and the Wallabies taking the lead in the third Test, which they won 22-9. This was the first time that the Australian Wallabies took home the Bledisloe Cup on Kiwi ground since 1949. The coach gave an autographed photo of Campbell who was reaching for the ball during the line-out, and thanked him for playing’such an significant part for us in the Bledisloe Cup win’.

After traveling around across the United Kingdom with Australian Universities in 1984, William Campbell made his debut when he returned to Australia to as well his team Queensland Reds and Australian Wallabies. Campbell’s first appearance for Queensland was the beginning of the “tall-timber era” according to Ian Diehm in Red, Red, Red in which Queensland had a lot of forwards with tall backs. At 202cm and weighing at 118kg, Campbell had a gift that made him a formidable athlete. In the wake of his stellar performance with Queensland, Campbell was selected to make his debut in the international arena with Fiji in Suva in the same year. He was part of the 1984 Grand Slam Wallaby touring side. The Wallabies defeated Fiji 16-3. Campbell didn’t join the Wallabies for another time until 1986, when Campbell played against Italy at Ballymore. He continued to play in the matches against France in addition to Argentina in the same season for Queensland as well as the Wallabies during the same time. The tour of Argentina was the only trip for Australia from the team since

1983. Campbell was once more tall and athletic Campbell established his authority on the line-outs of every game.

In 1987 Campbell was vice-captain of the Wallabies against South Korea, England, the US, and Japan. the Wallabies won all their pool matches and progressed to the quarter finals against Ireland at Waratah Stadium on 7 June. The teaming of Campbell and Cutler once again achieved complete dominance at the line-outs and the pair were described as line-out gurus by Maxwell Howell. After winning the first three line-outs against France in the Semi-final, Campbell was sent off after suffering ligament damage. Australia lost to France 30 to 24.

In 1989, the British Lions toured Australia and Campbell was selected as captain of the Queensland side and vice-captain of the Wallabies. He played all three Tests against the Lions but the visitors took the series 2-1.

In the year 1980, at the age of 19 Campbell was married to his childhood love Lynne Irwin. They were married in Brisbane. Lynne gave the birth of daughter Lauren in the year 1981 (now the wife of the former Australian Wallaby Lock Mark Chisholm). In 1985, Lynne gave Lauren an older sister, Natalie whom she closely watched by their infant son and current professional football player Alexander from 1987.

William Alexander Campbell Net Worth

William Alexander Campbell is one of the richest Rugby Union Player from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, William Alexander Campbell 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

William Campbell was born at the Mater hospital in Brisbane on the 28th of November, 1961, to his Parents Noela and William Sr. Campbell. He was the 5th child of eight children. He was a student at Villa Nova College in his elementary school days and later relocated towards Gregory Terrace, where he moved up through the age group of and played rugby. In the years following Terrace, Campbell studied medicine at Queensland University aiming at a career as a Vascular Surgeon. he was awarded Fellowship with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in general surgery and the field of vascular surgery.

William Alexander Campbell (born 28 November 1961) is an ex-international union rugby player who played in 26 tests and was vice-captained the team for 15 matches with the Australian Wallabies in the role of lock between 1984 and 1990. He played 58 games and was captain for 26 occasions (21 winnings, and five loss) with the Queensland Reds. Peter Jenkins named Campbell as one of the best 100 Wallabies in his book with the same title. Campbell quit his professional rugby at age 29 to pursue medical studies, and to focus on his expanding family.

Straight after the 1987 World Cup, Campbell headed to England with his young family on a one-year Kobe Steel scholarship at St Catherine’s College, Oxford, where he played with The Oxford XV.

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William Ranked on the list of most popular Rugby Union Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. William Alexander Campbell celebrates birthday on November 28 of every year.