Joseph Stuart Patrick Hamilton (13 September 1918 – 26 August 1990) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
| Stuart Hamilton | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Joseph Stuart Patrick Hamilton | ||
| Date of birth | 13 September 1918 | ||
| Place of birth | Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland | ||
| Date of death | 26 August 1990 (aged 71) | ||
| Place of death | Chelsea, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Bentleigh[1] | ||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1943–47 | Hawthorn | 58 (12) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1947. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family edit
The son of Alexander Hamilton (1886–1922) and Jane Elizabeth Hamilton, née McGiffin (1893–1981), Joseph Stuart Patrick Hamilton was born at Carrickfergus near Belfast in Northern Ireland on 13 September 1918. His father died when he was three and his mother subsequently remarried to Charles Crandles, and the entire family immigrated to Victoria, Australia in May 1931.
Stuart Hamilton married Margaret Mary Doran (1921–2004) in 1942.
War service edit
During World War II, Hamilton initially served in the Volunteer Defence Corps of the Australian Army[3] before serving in the Royal Australian Air Force for the final years of the war.[4]
Football career edit
Recruited from Bentleigh, Hamilton played 58 games for Hawthorn over five seasons. He subsequently coached Nathalia in the Goulburn Valley League.[5]
Honours and achievements edit
Individual
- Hawthorn life member
Notes edit
- ^ "HAWKS' NEW MEN". Sporting Globe. No. 2208. Victoria, Australia. 18 August 1943. p. 12.
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 357. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "World War II Roll: HAMILTON, Joseph Stuart Patrick (Army)". Department of Veterans Affairs.
- ^ "World War II Roll: HAMILTON, Joseph Stuart Patrick (RAAF)". Department of Veterans Affairs.
- ^ "Canners Score At Nathalia". Shepparton Advertiser. Vol. 66, no. 30. Victoria, Australia. 26 April 1949. p. 3.
External links edit
- Stuart Hamilton's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Stuart Hamilton at AustralianFootball.com
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