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 c. 1905 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 8, 1880 Enid, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Vanderbilt University |
| Playing career | |
| 1902–1905 | Vanderbilt |
| Position(s) | Forward, End (football), Second baseman |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1903–1904 | Vanderbilt (basketball) |
| 1908–1909 | Vanderbilt (basketball) |
| 1909–1910 | Vanderbilt (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| 2x All-Southern (1904, 1905) | |
Hamilton was an All-Southern end for the first years of Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams.[3] He stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) and weighed 164 pounds (74 kg).[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]
References edit
- ^ Mooney, Russell E.; Burke, Marianne Turpin (1964). A Mooney genealogy and miscellany with some allied lines. p. 75.
- ^ "Ed Hamilton Made Sixteen Letters At Vanderbilt In Four Years". The Tennessean. January 25, 1923. p. 10. Retrieved November 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ e. g. "On Gridiron In South". Atlanta Constitution. December 25, 1904.
- ^ "The Football Season of 1904". Vanderbilt University Quarterly. 5: 62–69.
- ^ "Ed Hamilton".
- ^ Roy M. Neel. DYNAMITE! 75 YEARS OF VANDERBILT BASKETBALL. p. 32.
- ^ University, Vanderbilt (17 November 2017). "Vanderbilt University Quarterly". Vanderbilt University. – via Google Books.
- ^ Horton, Mrs Lucy Henderson (17 November 2017). "Family History Compiled by Lucy Henderson Horton ..." Press of the News – via Google Books.
