Ronnie Hamilton

Ronnie Hamilton
Personal information
Date of birth (1945-04-24) 24 April 1945 (age 81)
Place of birth Kilmarnock, Scotland
Position 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. He is best remembered for his time as player, assistant manager, coach, scout and chairman of Kilmarnock. 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. As of June 2022, he had served as president of Ardeer Thistle for more than 30 years.

Personal life

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

Career statistics

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 Scottish First Division 4 3 0 0 0 0 — 4 3
1962–63 11 6 1 0 0 0 — 12 6
1963–64 4 5 0 0 3 1 — 7 6
1964–65 28 15 4 1 4 3 3 2 39 21
1965–66 13 9 0 0 2 0 3 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

Kilmarnock

St Mirren

Individual

References

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  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. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "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.