Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stephen Richard Cammack | ||
Date of birth | 20 March 1954 | ||
Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1971–1975 | Sheffield United | 36 | (5) |
1975–1979 | Chesterfield | 113 | (21) |
1979–1981 | Scunthorpe United | 84 | (27) |
1981–1982 | Lincoln City | 18 | (6) |
1982–1987 | Scunthorpe United | 161 | (83) |
1985–1986 | → Port Vale (loan) | 3 | (0) |
1986 | → (loan) | 4 | (1) |
Scarborough | |||
Worksop Town | |||
Total | 419+ | (143+) | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Stephen Richard Cammack (born 20 March 1954) is an English former footballer. A forward, he scored 143 goals in 419 league appearances in a 15-year career in the Football League.
He began his career at Sheffield United in 1971, before transferring to Chesterfield four years later. After over 100 appearances in four years he moved onto Scunthorpe United. He spent seven seasons with the "Iron" in two spells around a spell with Lincoln City in 1981–82. His goals fired Scunthorpe out of the Fourth Division in 1982–83. In all he scored 110 goals for the club in 245 league appearances. He was loaned out to Port Vale and , before entering non-league football with Scarborough and Worksop Town.
Cammack began his career at Sheffield United. The "Blades" finished tenth in the First Division in 1971–72 and 14th in 1972–73 under the stewardship of John Harris. Following the appointment of Ken Furphy, United finished 13th in 1973–74 and then sixth in 1974–75. Cammack made 36 league appearances during his four years at Bramall Lane, before he signed with Joe Shaw's Chesterfield. The "Spireites" finished 14th in the Third Division in 1975–76. Under the stewardship of Arthur Cox, Chesterfield finished 18th in 1976–77 and ninth in 1977–78, before narrowly avoiding relegation by one place and four points in 1978–79. Cammack scored 21 goals in 113 league games in his four years at Saltergate.