Hugh Campbell
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| Date of birth | May 21, 1941 |
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| Place of birth | Saratoga, California |
| Career information | |
| CFL status | International |
| Position(s) | WR |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| College | Washington State |
| NFL draft | 1963 / Round: 4 / Pick: 50 |
| Drafted by | San Francisco 49ers |
| Career history | |
| As administrator | |
| 1986–1997 | Edmonton Eskimos (GM) |
| 1998–2006 | Edmonton Eskimos (President/CEO) |
| As coach | |
| 1977–1982 | Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1983 | Los Angeles Express |
| 1984–1985 | Houston Oilers |
| As player | |
| 1963–1967 | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| 1969 | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| CFL All-Star | 1965, 1966 |
| CFL West All-Star | 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969 |
| Awards | 1979 Annis Stukus Trophy |
| Career stats | |
Hugh Campbell (born May 21, 1941) is a former American football and Canadian football player, coach, and executive. He served as a head coach in three different professional gridiron football leagues: the Canadian Football League (CFL), the United States Football League (USFL) and the National Football League (NFL). Campbell retired as the CEO of the Edmonton Eskimos of the CFL in 2006. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2000.
Campbell played wide receiver at Washington State University from 1959 to 1962. During that time he appeared in the Hula Bowl, the College All-Star game, the Coaches All-America game and the East-West Shrine Bowl. Campbell snagged most outstanding player honours in the Coaches and the Shrine Bowl games. He was also awarded the 1961 W. J. Voit Memorial Trophy as the outstanding football player on the Pacific Coast. During his Cougar career he was teamed with fellow CFL Hall of Famer George Reed.
Campbell joined the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1963 and "Gluey Hughy", as he became known, was a key element of their Grey Cup winning team in 1966. Campbell quit the Roughriders in 1968 to take a position as assistant coach at Washington State but returned for a final year with the Roughriders in 1969. In his six CFL seasons, Campbell caught 321 passes for an average gain of 16.9 yards per reception and scored 60 touchdowns, including 17 TD receptions in 1966. Campbell received western conference all-star honours as a flanker in 1964, 1965, 1966 and 1969. He was a CFL all-star in 1965 and 1966.
Campbell retired as a player after the 1969 season to take up a head coaching job at Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington. During his seven-year tenure as coach, Campbell revived Whitworth's moribund football program and was named conference coach of the year three times.
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