Ronnie Hamilton

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Ronnie Hamilton
Personal information
Date of birth (1945-04-24) 24 April 1945 (age 78)
Place of birth Kilmarnock, Scotland
Position(s) Centre forward
Youth career
0000–1961 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 retired Scottish 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]

Contents

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 43000043
1962–63 [6] 1161000126
1963–64 [6] 45003176
1964–65 [6] 281541433 [lower-alpha 1] 23921
1965–66 [6] 13900203 [lower-alpha 2] 0189
Career total60385194628045
  1. Appearances in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
  2. Appearances in European Cup

Honours

Kilmarnock

St Mirren

Individual

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