Bob Hamilton
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(1964-02-07) (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

  1. 1 2 3 Bob Hamilton, Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats, 16 December 2006; accessed 6 May 2014
  2. ↑ (Rangers player) Hamilton, Robert, FitbaStats
  3. 1 2 John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ↑ Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988. Breedon Books Sport. p. 397. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.
  5. ↑ Rangers Retain Scottish Cup, The Glasgow Herald, 20 April 1936
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