Ronnie Hamilton

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Ronnie Hamilton
Personal information
Date of birth (1945-04-24) 24 April 1945 (age 79)
Place of birth Kilmarnock, Scotland
Position(s) Centre forward
Youth career
–1961 Saxone Youth Club
1961 Kilmarnock
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1961–1966 Kilmarnock 60 (38)
1966–1971 St Mirren 102 (18)
1971–1975 Queen of the South 83 (25)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ronald Hamilton (born 24 April 1945) is a Scottish retired professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Kilmarnock, St Mirren and Queen of the South as a centre forward. [1] [2] [3] He is best remembered for his time as player, assistant manager, coach, scout and chairman of Kilmarnock. [1] At the time of his debut as a player for Kilmarnock, Hamilton was the club's youngest ever player and the youngest post-war Scottish League First Division player. [1] [4] As of June 2022, he had served as president of Ardeer Thistle for more than 30 years. [5]

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Personal life

Hamilton attended Kilmarnock Academy. [1] As of 2007, he was working as a chartered accountant. [1]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueScottish CupLeague CupEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kilmarnock 1961–62 [6] Scottish First Division 430000—43
1962–63 [6] 1161000—126
1963–64 [6] 450031—76
1964–65 [6] 281541433 [a] 23921
1965–66 [6] 13900203 [b] 0189
Career total60385194628045
  1. ↑ Appearances in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in European Cup

Honours

Kilmarnock

St Mirren

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Do You Remember .... Ronnie Hamilton ?". killiefc.com. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "Player Appearances and goalscoring records – H". Scottish League appearance records. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  3. ↑ Ronnie Hamilton at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  4. ↑ "Ronnie Hamilton". Killie Histories. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Ardeer Thistle announce major update as businessman takes over club". Irvine Times. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Kilmarnock Player Ronnie Hamilton Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  7. ↑ "Player profiles H". www.stmirren.info. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  8. ↑ "Hall of Fame | Kilmarnock FC Board of Directors". Kilmarnock FC. Retrieved 29 May 2020.


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