Fred Campbell (basketball)
Fred Gaines Campbell was an American professional basketball player and coach as well as minor league baseball player. He played in the National Basketball League for the Detroit Gems and Detroit Vagabond Kings. While playing for the Gems he served as the head coach during the second half of the season after coach Joel Mason resigned. In many seasons with the Vagabond Kings, except for the only one in which the franchise played in the NBL, Campbell also served as a player-coach. In two seasons as an NBL player, Campbell averaged 5.8 points per game.
In baseball, he played for a number of minor league teams in New York and Texas.
