Tom Hamilton | |
Height: | [1] |
Position: | Right back |
Birth Date: | 10 February 1893[2] |
Birth Place: | New Cumnock, Scotland |
Death Place: | Preston, England |
Years1: | – |
Clubs1: | Cronberry Eglinton |
Years2: | 1913–1921 |
Clubs2: | Kilmarnock |
Caps2: | 231 |
Goals2: | 11 |
Years3: | 1921–1929 |
Clubs3: | Preston North End |
Caps3: | 267 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1929–1930 |
Clubs4: | Manchester Central |
Years5: | 1930–1931 |
Clubs5: | Great Harwood |
Totalcaps: | 498 |
Totalgoals: | 11 |
Nationalyears1: | 1921 |
Nationalteam1: | Scottish League XI |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Thomas Hamilton (10 February 1893 – 25 December 1959) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right back, primarily for Kilmarnock[3] and Preston North End.
He was a Scottish Cup winner with Kilmarnock in 1920,[4] [5] was selected for the Scottish Football League XI in January 1921,[2] joined Preston for what has been quoted as a then-record transfer fee of £4,600 a month later,[6] [7] and played in the FA Cup final of 1922 (a defeat to Huddersfield Town). After eight years at Deepdale,[8] Hamilton later featured for Manchester Central and Great Harwood.[9]