Bobby Cameron
Encyclopedia
Bobby Cameron is a former professional footballer who played for Queens Park Rangers
, Leeds United and Southend United
.
, where he scored 56 goals in 254 appearances between 1950–51 and 1958-59. He joined Leeds United in 1959 at a time when Leeds were struggling and were relegated from the First Division
at the end of the 1959-60 season. Cameron scored eleven goals in 64 appearances for Leeds but appearances became scarcer during the 1961-62 season and he joined non-league club Gravesend and Northfleet at the end of the season. He returned to the football league with Southend United
in October 1963.
Cameron was an attacking player with a cheerful disposition but casual attitude who would seek the ball so to get it forward.
Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...
, Leeds United and Southend United
Southend United F.C.
Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had...
.
Playing career
Cameron was a Scottish schoolboy international and joined Queens Park RangersQueens Park Rangers F.C.
Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...
, where he scored 56 goals in 254 appearances between 1950–51 and 1958-59. He joined Leeds United in 1959 at a time when Leeds were struggling and were relegated from the First Division
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
at the end of the 1959-60 season. Cameron scored eleven goals in 64 appearances for Leeds but appearances became scarcer during the 1961-62 season and he joined non-league club Gravesend and Northfleet at the end of the season. He returned to the football league with Southend United
Southend United F.C.
Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had...
in October 1963.
Cameron was an attacking player with a cheerful disposition but casual attitude who would seek the ball so to get it forward.
Playing statistics
| Club | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| |Apps (goals) | Apps (goals) | Apps (goals) | Apps (goals) | |
| Queens Park Rangers | 254 (56) | |||
| Leeds United | 58 (9) | 2 (0) | 4 (2) | 64 (11) |
| Southend United | 3 (0) |