Duncan Campbell (inventor)
{{Short description|Canadian co-inventor of murderball}}
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Duncan Campbell (born 1955 or 1956), sometimes known as "the Quadfather", is a Canadian co-inventor of murderball. In the 1970s, Campbell invented the sport with four other Canadians before the sport was renamed to wheelchair rugby. In the sport, Campbell coached the Canadian team that went to the 2000 Summer Paralympics and organized the 2010 IWRF World Championship. Apart from wheelchair rugby, Campbell became a recreational therapist for the G. F. Strong Centre in 1986. His honours include an induction into the Canadian Paralympic Committee Hall of Fame in 2005 and receiving the Paralympic Order in 2013.
Early life and education
In 1955 or 1956, Campbell was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. During his childhood, he began his sports career playing hockey and baseball.{{cite news |last1=Slater |first1=Craig |title=Creation was a 'fluke' |work=The Leader-Post |date=6 October 2010 |page=C4}} At the age of seventeen, Campbell broke his neck while diving and became paralyzed from the waist down.{{cite news |last1=Zacharias |first1=Yvonne |title=Wheel Active |work=Vancouver Sun |date=20 February 2006 |page=C4}} For his post-secondary education, Campbell received a Bachelor of Arts from both the University of Manitoba and University of Alberta. For his degrees, Campbell specialized in psychology and recreation administration.{{cite web |title=Duncan Campbell, Builder |url=https://games.paralympic.ca/duncan-campbell-builder |website=Canadian Paralympic Committee |accessdate=4 November 2019}}
Career
In the 1970s, Campbell co-invented murderball with four other Canadians at a physical therapy clinic in Winnipeg.{{cite news |last1=Kingston |first1=Gary |title=Push overs? Not in this sport |work=Vancouver Sun |date=18 September 2010 |page=G2}} The idea came to them after a volunteer at the clinic was unavailable to facilitate their exercise session.{{cite news |last1=Lambert |first1=Taylor |title=Sport was formed somewhat by a 'fluke' |work=The Leader-Post |date=16 May 2011 |page=D2}} Campbell and the team used a volleyball to score points into a garbage can and later replaced the garbage can with a goal line. Their invented sport was played throughout North America and later renamed from murderball to wheelchair rugby.{{cite news |last1=Mitchell |first1=Kevin |title='Quad Father' gave disabled a sport they couldn't refuse |work=Vancouver Sun |date=17 May 2005 |page=F3}} After the sport was created, Campbell was nicknamed "the Quadfather" by wheelchair rugby players.{{cite magazine |title=Paying our respects to... The Quadfather |magazine=The Spin |date=Winter 2013 |page=30 |url=https://issuu.com/candicev/docs/spin_december_2013_final/30 |publisher=Spinal Cord Injury BC}}
In 1986, Campbell left Winnipeg for British Columbia and became a recreational therapist for the G. F. Strong Centre.{{cite web |title=Duncan Campbell |url=https://bcsportshall.com/honoured_member/duncan-campbell/ |website=BC Sports Hall of Fame |accessdate=4 November 2019}} While in British Columbia, Campbell played for the province's wheelchair rugby team and was part of the Canada national wheelchair rugby team. In executive roles, Campbell was a coach for the Canadian wheelchair rugby team at the 2000 Summer Paralympics and an organizer for the 2010 IWRF World Championship.{{cite news |title=Rugby should be hit in Sydney |work=Journal Gazette (Mattoon, Illinois) |date=23 October 2000 |page=B1}}{{cite web |title=Duncan Campbell named First Inductee into IWRF Hall of Fame |url=https://www.iwrf.com/?page=iwrf_news&id=682 |website=International Wheelchair Rugby Federation |accessdate=4 November 2019 |date=18 June 2018}} He also was a development director for Wheelchair Rugby Canada and a coordinator for the Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association during the 2010s.
Awards and honours
Campbell was a torchbearer at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and received the Paralympic Order in 2013.{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Jeff |title=A 'Turin Twirl' in Beijing |work=Vancouver Sun |date=5 September 2008 |page=F13}}{{cite web |title=The Paralympic Order |url=https://www.paralympic.org/paralympic-order |website=International Paralympic Committee |accessdate=4 November 2019}} For hall of fames, Campbell was inducted into the Canadian Paralympic Committee Hall of Fame in 2005 and the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 2015. In 2017, he was one of the inductees into a hall of fame by Wheelchair Rugby Canada.{{cite web |title=The Founding Fathers |url=https://wheelchairrugby.ca/the-founding-fathers/ |website=Wheelchair Rugby Canada |access-date=7 October 2022}} In 2018, Campbell became the first person named into the International Wheelchair Rugby Federation Hall of Fame. He was awarded the Order of Sport, marking induction into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2021.{{cite web |title=Duncan Campbell |url=https://www.sportshall.ca/hall-of-famers/hall-of-famers-search.html?proID=701 |website=Canada's Sports Hall of Fame |access-date=7 October 2022}}
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Category:Year of birth uncertain
Category:Recipients of the Paralympic Order
Category:Sports inventors and innovators
Category:Wheelchair rugby coaches
Category:Paralympic wheelchair rugby players for Canada
Category:Coaches at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Category:University of Manitoba alumni