Roger Campbell

Roger Hunter Campbell was born in Providence, Kentucky to Al and Ann Brownloe (née Brooks) Campbell. After leaving public school to focus on skating, Campbell attended the Hollywood Professional School, a school for working child actors, athletes, and other entertainers, from which he graduated high school.{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wlGLAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Hollywood+Professional+School%22+%22Campbell%22&pg=PA231|title=Frozen in Time: The Enduring Legacy of the 1961 U.S. Figure Skating Team|author=Nikki Nichols|year=2008|publisher=AdventureKEEN|page=231|isbn=9781578603343}}

Campbell trained with the Los Angeles Figure Skating Club, then the Arctic Blades Figure Skating Club in Paramount, California.

Competing with Diane Sherbloom in 1958 and 1959, the pair placed second in junior ice dancing at the 1959 United States Figure Skating Championships.{{cite news |last1=Dewhirst |first1=John |title=Young Dancing Skater Tabbed For Stardom |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/135650596/?terms=%22roger%20campbell%22%20sherbloom&match=1 |access-date=14 February 2021 |work=Democrat and Chronicle |date=1 February 1959 |location=Rochester, New York |page=4C}}

Campbell next competed in pairs ice dancing with Yvonne Littlefield in 1959 and 1960. The pair won the silver medal at the 1960 Pacific Coast Sectional,{{cite news |last1=Berry |first1=Bill |title=Brother, Sister Win Coast Skating Title |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/618198868/?terms=%22roger%20campbell%22%20sherbloom&match=1 |access-date=14 February 2021 |work=Sacramento Bee |date=3 January 1960 |page=D5}} the bronze medal at the 1960 United States Figure Skating Championships, and finished eighth at that year's World Figure Skating Championships in Vancouver. The partnership dissolved in November 1960.{{cite news |last1=Hoffman |first1=Jeane |title=Parents' Decision Kept Skating Daughter Off 'Plane Of Death' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/385573321/ |access-date=14 February 2021 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=18 February 1961 |pages=1–2}}

After the dissolution of the partnership with Littlefield, Campbell teamed up with Dona Lee Carrier. Carrier and Campbell finished second at the U.S. Championships, earning them the right to compete a month later at the World Championships in Prague. They also finished second at the North American Figure Skating Championships that year.

Campbell, Carrier, and his mother Ann Campbell died on February 15, 1961, when Sabena Flight 548 crashed near Brussels en route to the World Championships. Campbell and his mother were buried in Big Hill Cemetery in Providence, Kentucky.{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Scott |title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons |date=22 Aug 2016 |publisher=McFarland & Company |isbn=978-0786479924 |page=112 |edition=3rd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&q=roger+campbell&pg=PA112}}

In January 2011, Campbell was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame as part of the 1961 U.S. Figure Skating team.{{Cite news|url=http://www.espn.com/espn/eticket/story?page=110215/skatingcrash&redirected=true|title=Still Crystal Clear|last=Ford|first=Bonnie D.|year=2011|publisher=ESPN}}

(with Yvonne Littlefield)

(with Dona Lee Carrier)

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