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Originally Posted by PinsonHOF
I had just about posted this when my internet crashed as I hit the submit button ... On the Salon de la Fama site (Nicaragua's sports hall of fame) it has an article claiming Campbell to be Costa Rican and that he was in fact 3 years older than documented on Baseball Reference. If this is true he didn't playing pro ball until he was 25. The epilogue for Duncan Campbell Utility man with a Catcher's mitt is a sad one. After his playing career ended the Pirates made him a minor league coach. Campbell died in a car accident in Nicaragua in 1969 at age 35.
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Did you find more than one article about him on that site?
The one I saw, which included the picture of Duncan Campbell you posted, stated: "He was born on October 21, 1934 in the Cruz de Rio Grande, Bluefields, Son of Mr. Aubrey Desmond Campbell and Mrs. Ofelia Potoy."
I was not able to find the Costa Rican reference.