Robert Hamilton (Irish footballer)

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. Bob Hamilton, Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats, 16 December 2006; accessed 6 May 2014
2. (Rangers player) Hamilton, Robert, FitbaStats
3. 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