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Ed Hamilton

Hamilton c. 1905
Biographical details
Born	(1880-10-08)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)

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. Hamilton was born in Enid, Mississippi.

Hamilton was an All-Southern end for the first years of Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams. He stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) and weighed 164 pounds (74 kg). 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.

Hamilton was the first to meet McGugin in Nashville, and has his law office next to his. Hamilton won Bachelor of Ugliness. He married Theresa Henderson, the daughter of judge John Henderson.

References

1. Mooney, Russell E.; Burke, Marianne Turpin (1964). A Mooney genealogy and miscellany with some allied lines. p. 75.
2. "Ed Hamilton Made Sixteen Letters At Vanderbilt In Four Years". The Tennessean. January 25, 1923. p. 10. Retrieved November 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
3. e. g. "On Gridiron In South". Atlanta Constitution. December 25, 1904.
4. "The Football Season of 1904". Vanderbilt University Quarterly. 5: 62–69.
5. "Ed Hamilton".
6. Roy M. Neel. DYNAMITE! 75 YEARS OF VANDERBILT BASKETBALL. p. 32.
7. University, Vanderbilt (November 17, 2017). "Vanderbilt University Quarterly". Vanderbilt University. – via Google Books.
8. Horton, Mrs Lucy Henderson (November 17, 2017). "Family History Compiled by Lucy Henderson Horton ..." Press of the News – via Google Books.

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