Robert Campbell (born c. 1939) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right back, primarily with St Mirren.^[1] He appeared in the 1962 Scottish Cup Final which Saints lost to Rangers,^[2][3] having fallen at the semi-final stage to Dunfermline Athletic the previous season after a replay.^[4] Campbell was at the Paisley club when they won the same trophy in 1959, but the long-serving David Lapsley was still occupying the position at that point).^{[citation needed]}

There was another player of the same name, a forward, on St Mirren's books from 1959, and as a consequence they became known in match reports as 'Black' Campbell and 'Red' Campbell to differentiate^[5][6] ('Red' was the right-back, who had ginger hair – the forward has been reported as having very dark hair,^[6] but in fact it was a light brown shade).^[5] 'Black' Bobby Campbell stated that in training, he was referred to as "Boaby", a more common pronunciation in his native Ayrshire, while the Glaswegian 'Red' was simply "Bobby".^[5] The name issue seemed to resolved itself when 'Black' moved on to Greenock Morton in 1963,^[7] but two years later 'Red' made the same move. Both stayed at the club until 1966, with 'Red' Campbell then moving to play for Durban City in South Africa^[8] ('Black' went to Motherwell).^[5]