STATISTICS & HISTORY
After attending Southern Illinois University and service in World War II, Fred Campbell performed as a year around professional athlete from 1946 until 1951. He played basketball in the winter and minor league baseball in the summer. During the 1946-47 season, Campbell played with the Detroit Gems in the National Basketball League. At mid-season, he took over as player-coach of the struggling team, but the Gems won only one of their remaining twenty-eight games. During the 1947-48 season, Campbell was player-coach for the Detroit Vagabond-Kings, a barnstorming team. In 1948-49, Campbell returned to the NBL as a member of the Vagabond-Kings, but the team could win only 2 of their first 19 games and dropped out of the league. With Campbell as player-coach, the Vagabond-kings continued to barnstorm until 1953.
| FRED CAMPBELL | Height: | 5:11 | Weight: | 175 | College: | Southern Illinois’41 | |||||
| Fred Gaines Campbell | Born: Aug 8, 1920 | Died: Dec 3, 2008 | Hometown: | Herrin, Ill. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1940-41 | Southern Illinois | College | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | Southern Illinois | College | |||||||||
| 1942-45 | U.S. Army | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1949-50 | Detroit Mansfields | Indep | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Detroit | NBL | 39 | 105 | 58 | 81 | .716 | 268 | 6.9 | ||
| 1947-48 | Detroit Vagabonds | Indep | |||||||||
| 1948-49 | Detroit | NBL | 10 | 5 | 8 | 11 | .727 | 18 | 1.8 | ||
| 1949-50 | Detroit Vagabonds | Indep | |||||||||
| 1950-51 | Detroit Vagabonds | Indep | |||||||||
| 1951-52 | Detroit Vagabonds | Indep | |||||||||
| 1952-53 | Detroit Vagabonds | Indep | |||||||||
| 1953-54 | Detroit Vagabonds | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 49 | 110 | 66 | 92 | .717 | 286 | 5.8 | ||||