Marcelo Campo

Marcelo Campo

Date of birth	(1957-07-01)1 July 1957
Place of birth	Quilmes, Argentine
Date of death	26 June 2021(2021-06-26) (aged 63)
Place of death	Punta del Este, Uruguay
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Occupation(s)	Teacher at St.George's College, Quilmes
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1975-1978 Old Georgians () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1979-1987 Pueyrredón () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1978-1987 Argentina 29 (63) 1980-1984 South American Jaguars 6 (4)

Marcelo Campo (1 July 1957 – 26 June 2021)^[1] was an Argentine rugby union player. He played as a wing.

Career

Campo played for Old Georgians, from Quilmes. With said club, he was in the international rugby scene. The first time he wore Argentina's jersey was in a match against England XV at Twickenham, even if it was not formally a test match, which was in the second match, at Rovigo, against Italy, on 24 October 1978. However, that match at London, which ended 13-13, saw Campo going to the try line in such a spectacular manner. The event is remembered until the present day, as it was the first time that an Argentina national rugby union team played against an English counterpart, in away field.^[2] Although not having test value, Campo played other important international matches, two against a New Zealand XV in 1979 and others against a World XV in 1980 and 1983, which saw important international players such as Jacques Fouroux, Jean-Pierre Rives, David Campese and Pierre Berbizier. Meanwhile, in 1979, Campo moved to Pueyrredón, from Boulogne Sur Mer, in the Greater Buenos Aires due to the folding of Old Georgians in 1979. Campo won a South American championship in 1987 and was called up in the 1987 Rugby World Cup, where he played only a match, which was the last one of his international career. Later, Campo taught rugby at the St. George's College in Quilmes, the college from where Old Georgians came.^[3]

He died of a heart attack on 26 June 2021.^[4]

Notes

1. Murió el ex rugbier Marcelo Campo, autor de un try histórico para Los Pumas (in Spanish)
2. Dos gritos y 11 batallas
3. "Reportaje a un referente del Jazz-fusion: Roberto "Lapo" Gessaghi". Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
4. Busico, Jorge (26 June 2021). "Marcelo Campo muerte Los Pumas try palomita Inglaterra Twickenham 1978 infarto Uruguay - LA NACION". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 June 2021.

External links

• Marcelo Campo at ESPNscrum