Matthew Campbell

Matthew Campbell may refer to:

Matt Campbell (politician)

Matthew Sean Campbell (born October 29, 1970 in Ames, Iowa) was the 2010 Democratic nominee for the United States Congress in Iowa's 5th congressional district, challenging incumbent Republican Representative Steve King.

Early life and education

Campbell is the oldest of five and son of Harry and Dianne Campbell. He is a fifth generation Campbell to have lived on the Iowa Century Farm near Manning, Iowa, established in 1880. Campbell attended Manning High School where he was a captain on the football and basketball teams his senior year and was a third-team all-state linebacker. Campbell graduated from Manning High School in 1989 and was awarded a four-year full college tuition scholarship by Morningside College where he earned a B.A. in political science and economics in 1993. Matt studied US-Japanese bilateral relationship in Osaka, Japan as part of his Morningside College education through an exchange program with Kansai Gaidai University from 1992 until 1993. He later achieved a law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law, and an LL.M in taxation from Georgetown University which is perennially-ranked as one of the best tax law programs in the nation. Campbell, through the Iowa Sister States program, further was a guest of the Taiwanese Ministry of Education for the 1995 International Seminar on Chinese Studies in Taipei.

Matt Campbell (Australian footballer)

Matt Campbell (born 21 January 1987) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League from 2006 - 2012.

He is described as being small and lightly framed, but is a very fast player with excellent evasive skills. Kicks a lot of goals and wins a lot of the ball.

Early life

Campbell, of Indigenous Australian heritage with tribal ancestry that can be traced to the Arrente. grew up in Alice Springs, Northern Territory.

He began his senior football in 2005 with North Adelaide in the SANFL and played every game with the club in 2006.

Campbell was drafted by the Kangaroos and moved to Melbourne in 2006.

After being dropped from the Kangaroo's list at the end of the 2012 season, Campbell was re-recruited by North Adelaide and will return to the SANFL in 2013.

North Melbourne career

Campbell made his AFL debut for the Kangaroos in Round 1, 2007 against Collingwood. He had a poor game, with only 3 possessions and was dropped for the following game against Port Adelaide, which would have seen him playing back in his home town. Round 3 saw him re-selected and gather 12 possessions as well as kicking his first AFL goal. He continued his good form with 13 possessions against the Brisbane Lions, and he kicked 2 goals in Round 5 against Geelong. Despite having only 4 kicks in Round 6 against Sydney, he kicked 3 goals; his third coming late in the final quarter when the Swans had got within four points.