[2] Demobbed in 1946, he resumed his journalistic career (he had worked on a local paper before going up to Oxford) as a sports writer on the Birmingham Gazette.
He was instrumental in persuading Jimmy Hill, who at the time was the chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association, to take a management career with the club, which he did from 1961 to 1967.
[6] As the story is remembered by Jimmy Hill 'I sat down one Sunday night with John Camkin – a board member and commentator for Anglia TV – and we had a few gins, well we had a whole bottle actually, and he'd heard the Eton boating Song on the radio and said 'Why don't we build around that?
[9] In the early 1980s, he managed several promising young golfers, including Howard Clark and Pip Elson who was born in Leamington Spa.
Never in danger of being described as one of life's most gracious losers, John Camkin was nevertheless excellent company: despite a firmly-stated preference for dogs over humans, he socialised easily – with just about anyone, anywhere.'
Report on India's 1948 Europe Tour and the first International match, played at Ilford FC ground, Essex, 31 July 1948.