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Ronnie Hamilton

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Ronnie Hamilton
Personal information
Date of birth (1945-04-24) 24 April 1945 (age 79)
Place of birth Kilmarnock, Scotland
Position(s) Centre forward
Youth career
0000–1961 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]

Personal life

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Hamilton attended Kilmarnock Academy.[1] As of 2007, he was working as a chartered accountant.[1]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
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[a] 2 39 21
1965–66[6] 13 9 0 0 2 0 3[b] 0 18 9
Career total 60 38 5 1 9 4 6 2 80 45
  1. ^ Appearances in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in European Cup

Honours

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Kilmarnock

St Mirren

Individual

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Do You Remember .... Ronnie Hamilton ?". killiefc.com. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Player Appearances and goalscoring records – H". Scottish League appearance records. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  3. ^ Ronnie Hamilton at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  4. ^ "Ronnie Hamilton". Killie Histories. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Ardeer Thistle announce major update as businessman takes over club". Irvine Times. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Kilmarnock Player Ronnie Hamilton Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Player profiles H". www.stmirren.info. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Hall of Fame | Kilmarnock FC Board of Directors". Kilmarnock FC. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
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