Robert Hamilton (Irish footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Templeton Hamilton | ||
| Date of birth | 11 November 1903[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Newry, County Down, Ireland | ||
| Date of death | 7 February 1964 (aged 60) | ||
| Place of death | Cardiff, Wales | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Newry Town | |||
| 1927–1933 | Rangers | 121 | (0) |
| 1933–1935 | Bradford City | 23 | (0) |
| 1935–1937 | Third Lanark | 47 | (1) |
| 1937–1938 | Morton | 9 | (0) |
| 1938–1939 | Bangor | ||
| International career | |||
| 1927 | Irish League XI | 1 | (0) |
| 1928–1931 | Ireland | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Robert "Bud" Templeton Hamilton (11 November 1903 – 7 February 1964) was an Irish professional footballer.
Hamilton started his career with his hometown club, Newry Town. He then moved to Scotland with Rangers, where he was a member of their 1929–30 'clean-sweep' team which claimed the Scottish Football League championship, Scottish Cup, Glasgow Cup and Charity Cup.[2] He had already won the double in 1927–28 and the league title in 1928–29 (losing in the 1929 Scottish Cup Final), and claimed one further championship medal in 1930–31.[3]
He left Ibrox in February 1933 to sign for English Division Two side, Bradford City.[4] In two seasons at Valley Parade he made 26 appearances before moving north of the border again to join Third Lanark (taking part in the 1936 Scottish Cup Final, a defeat to former employers Rangers),[5] and later moved to Morton before returning to Northern Ireland with Bangor.[3][1]
Whilst with Rangers, Hamilton added five Ireland caps to the Inter-League honour he had won while with Newry Town just before moving to Glasgow. He tasted victory just once, on his debut against Scotland in February 1928.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Bob Hamilton, Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats, 16 December 2006; accessed 6 May 2014
- ^ (Rangers player) Hamilton, Robert, FitbaStats
- ^ a b John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988. Breedon Books Sport. p. 397. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.
- ^ Rangers Retain Scottish Cup, The Glasgow Herald, 20 April 1936
- 1903 births
- 1964 deaths
- Association footballers from Newry
- Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland
- Newry City F.C. players
- Bangor F.C. players
- Rangers F.C. players
- Bradford City A.F.C. players
- Third Lanark A.C. players
- NIFL Premiership players
- Scottish Football League players
- English Football League players
- Irish League representative players
- Greenock Morton F.C. players
- Pre-1950 IFA men's international footballers
- Men's association football defenders