Ed Hamilton (American football)

Edward James Hamilton (October 8, 1880 – ?) was a college football, basketball, and baseball player and coach as well as an attorney. He attended preparatory school at Mooney School in Franklin, Tennessee along with Red Smith and Frank Kyle.[1] Hamilton was born in Enid, Mississippi.[2]

Ed Hamilton
Hamilton c. 1905
Biographical details
Born(1880-10-08)October 8, 1880
Enid, Mississippi
Alma materVanderbilt University
Playing career
1902–1905Vanderbilt
Position(s)Forward, End (football), Second baseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1903–1904Vanderbilt (basketball)
1908–1909Vanderbilt (basketball)
1909–1910Vanderbilt (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
2x All-Southern (1904, 1905)

Hamilton was an All-Southern end for the first years of Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams.[3] He stood 5 feet 11 inches and weighed 164 pounds.[4] He was an All-Southern second baseman on the baseball team. Hamilton coached the Vanderbilt basketball squad in 1903-1904 and 1908-09 for a combined record of 17–5.[5][6]

Hamilton was the first to meet McGugin in Nashville, and has his law office next to his.[7] Hamilton won Bachelor of Ugliness. He married Theresa Henderson, the daughter of judge John Henderson.[8]

References
  1. A Mooney genealogy and miscellany with some allied lines. p. 75.
  2. "Ed Hamilton Made Sixteen Letters At Vanderbilt In Four Years". January 25, 1923. p. 10. Retrieved November 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. e. g. "On Gridiron In South". Atlanta Constitution. December 25, 1904.
  4. "The Football Season of 1904". Vanderbilt University Quarterly. 5: 62–69.
  5. "Ed Hamilton".
  6. Roy M. Neel. DYNAMITE! 75 YEARS OF VANDERBILT BASKETBALL. p. 32.
  7. University, Vanderbilt (17 November 2017). "Vanderbilt University Quarterly". Vanderbilt University. – via Google Books.
  8. Horton, Mrs Lucy Henderson (17 November 2017). "Family History Compiled by Lucy Henderson Horton ..." Press of the News – via Google Books.
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