Jerry (Soupy) Campbell

PLAYING CAREER
CALGARY STAMPEDERS 1966 – 1968, 1976
OTTAWA ROUGH RIDERS 1968-1975

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-EASTERN LINEBACKER  1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975
ALL-CANADIAN LINEBACKER 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1968, 1969, 1973
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS 1968, 1969, 1973

JERRY (SOUPY) CAMPBELL JOINED THE CALGARY STAMPEDERS IN 1966 FOLLOWING GRADUATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO. HE WAS TRADED TO THE OTTAWA ROUGH RIDERS MIDWAY THROUGH THE 1968 SEASON WHERE HE REMAINED UNTIL 1975.  HE COMPLETED HIS CAREER PLAYING TWO GAMES IN CALGARY IN 1976.

CAMPBELL WAS ONE OF THE ROUGH RIDERS’ TEAM CAPTAINS AND WAS THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE DEFENSIVE UNIT KNOWN AS “CAPITAL PUNISHMENT”. THE TOUGH MIDDLE LINEBACKER WAS OTTAWA’S REPRESENTATIVE AT THE “ALL-PRO COUNTDOWN” IN 1975. HE PLAYED IN THREE GREY CUP CHAMPIONSHIPS WHILE WITH OTTAWA (1968, 1969 AND 1973), ALL VICTORIES FOR THE ROUGH RIDERS SQUAD.

JERRY (SOUPY) CAMPBELL IS AN HONOURED MEMBER OF THE OTTAWA SPORTS HALL OF FAME.

INDUCTED 1996 - PLAYER

Class of 1996 Al Benecick, Bill Clarke, Frank Gibson, Danny Kepley