Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 24 April 1945 | ||
Place of birth | Kilmarnock, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
Youth career | |||
–1961 | Saxone Youth Club | ||
1961 | Kilmarnock | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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]
Hamilton attended Kilmarnock Academy. [1] As of 2007, he was working as a chartered accountant. [1]
Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Kilmarnock | 1961–62 [6] | Scottish First Division | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 3 | |
1962–63 [6] | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 6 | |||
1963–64 [6] | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 7 | 6 | |||
1964–65 [6] | 28 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 2 | 39 | 21 | ||
1965–66 [6] | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 18 | 9 | ||
Career total | 60 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 80 | 45 |
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