| Ed Hamilton | |
| Birth Date: | 8 October 1880 |
| Birth Place: | Enid, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Vanderbilt University |
| Player Years1: | 1902 - 1905 |
| Coach Years1: | 1903 - 1904 |
| Coach Team1: | Vanderbilt (basketball) |
| Coach Years2: | 1908 - 1909 |
| Coach Team2: | Vanderbilt (basketball) |
| Coach Years3: | 1909 - 1910 |
| Coach Team3: | Vanderbilt (baseball) |
| Awards: | 2x All-Southern (1904, 1905) |
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]
Hamilton was an All-Southern end for the first years of Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams.[3] He stood 5feet and weighed .[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]