http://www.delawareonline.com/story...sianum-star-campbell-super-recovery/79808900/The NJ did a front page story on Joe and his terrible injury and recovery.
Joe Campbell Story
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Great story on a good guy. I remember Joe as a tall skinny kid at Holy Angels, really beefed up when he went to Maryland. That was one hell of a team he played for at Sallies. Next time you talk to him BT, the Hill boys wish him well.
Joe Campbell had a couple of nice career highlights at the Big S. The winning TD catch against a top rated MD Bel Air team on the road in 1971 and the winning TD catch against Middletown on the road in 1972.
The '72 Sals team remains my favorite of all time. (not the best Sals team by far but some unique talents and a very young HC.)
The '72 Sals team remains my favorite of all time. (not the best Sals team by far but some unique talents and a very young HC.)
People always wanted to think of Joe as a WR because he was so tall and lean in high school. It's pretty safe to say his true strength was DL. He took it to higher level his senior year and got off the ball very quickly and once he got his long arms on a blocker they could do little with him.
He has some great stories about the Raiders and some of the crazy stuff they did back then but he is just as happy to talk about high school. He thinks our Freshman team was undefeated but we lost one and tied a team from the old St Joe's of Chester that went on to win the Philadelphia City Championship by 50 points when they were seniors....He does not remember it that way.
