Keith Campbell (motorcyclist)

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Keith Campbell

Motorcycle Grand Prix Career
Nationality	Australian
Active years	1950 - 1958
Team(s)	Moto Guzzi
Grands Prix	11
Championships	350cc - 1957
Wins	3
Podium finishes	8
Pole positions	N/A
Fastest laps	N/A
First Grand Prix	1950 250cc Ulster Grand Prix
First win	1957 350cc Dutch TT
Last win	1957 350cc Ulster Grand Prix
Last Grand Prix	1958 350cc Belgian Grand Prix

Keith Ronald Campbell (October 2, 1931 in Melbourne - July 13, 1958 in Cadours) was a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Australia.

He became Australia's first motorcycling world champion when he won the 1957 FIM 350cc world championship as a member of the Moto Guzzi factory racing team. One year later at age 26, he was killed during the GP de Cadours in France.^[1]

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• MotoGP rider profile
• Keith Campbell career profile at Motorsport Memorial

v • d • e 350 cc Motorcycle World Champions     1949 - F. Frith 1950 - B. Foster 1951 - G. Duke 1952 - G. Duke 1953 - F. Anderson 1954 - F. Anderson 1955 - B. Lomas 1956 - B. Lomas 1957 - K. Campbell 1958 - J. Surtees 1959 - J. Surtees 1960 - J. Surtees 1961 - G. Hocking 1962 - J. Redman 1963 - J. Redman 1964 - J. Redman 1965 - J. Redman 1966 - M. Hailwood 1967 - M. Hailwood 1968 - G. Agostini 1969 - G. Agostini 1970 - G. Agostini 1971 - G. Agostini 1972 - G. Agostini 1973 - G. Agostini 1974 - G. Agostini 1975 - J. Cecotto 1976 - W. Villa 1977 - T. Katayama 1978 - K. Ballington 1979 - K. Ballington 1980 - J. Ekerold 1981 - A. Mang 1982 - A. Mang