Ed Hamilton (American football)

Ed Hamilton

Hamilton c. 1905
Sport(s) Football, Basketball, Baseball
Biographical details
Alma mater Vanderbilt University
Playing career
1902-05 Vanderbilt (football)
Position(s) End (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1903-04 Vanderbilt (basketball)
1908-09 Vanderbilt (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
2x All-Southern (1904, 1905)

Edward J. "Ed" Hamilton was a college football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He attended preparatory school at Mooney School in Franklin, Tennessee along with Red Smith and Frank Kyle.[1] Hamilton was an All-Southern end for the first years of Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams.[2] He stood 5 feet 11 inches and weighed 164 pounds.[3] Hamilton coached the Vanderbilt basketball squad in 1903-1904 and 1908-09 for a combined record of 175.[4][5]

Hamilton won Bachelor of Ugliness.

References

  1. A Mooney genealogy and miscellany with some allied lines. p. 75.
  2. e. g. "On Gridiron In South". Atlanta Constitution. December 25, 1904.
  3. "The Football Season of 1904". Vanderbilt University Quarterly. 5: 62–69.
  4. "Ed Hamilton".
  5. Roy M. Neel. DYNAMITE! 75 YEARS OF VANDERBILT BASKETBALL. p. 32.


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