Johnny Hamilton (footballer, born 1935)

Johnny Hamilton
Personal information
Full name John Hamilton[1]
Date of birth (1935-01-22)22 January 1935
Place of birth Larkhall, Scotland
Date of death 8 August 2013(2013-08-08) (aged 78)
Place of death Edinburgh, Scotland
Position(s) Right winger
Youth career
Lesmahagow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1967 Heart of Midlothian 293 (75)
1967–1968 Watford 8 (2)
1968–1971 Berwick Rangers 71 (14)
Total 372 (91)
International career
1956–1957[2] Scotland U23 2 (1)
1958 Scottish League XI 1 (0)
1960[3] SFL trial v SFA 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Johnny Hamilton (22 January 1935 – 8 August 2013)[4] was a Scottish footballer, who played for Hearts, Watford and Berwick Rangers.

He scored 157 goals in 496 appearances for Hearts between 1955 and 1967.

Hamilton played for the Scottish League XI once, in 1958.[5] After retiring as a football player, Hamilton coached the Hearts youth team between 1974 and 1979.[6] He then ran a newsagents in Slateford Road, Edinburgh.[6] Hamilton died in August 2013, aged 78.[6]

Johnny married Elizabeth Farquhar and had three children, Karen, Ross and Gary.

  1. ^ "Johnny Hamilton". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  2. ^ "John Hamilton". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  3. ^ Ronnie McDevitt (2016). Scotland in the 60s: The Definitive Account of the Scottish National Football Side During the 1960s. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781785312458.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Obituary: Johnny Hamilton, footballer - Obituaries - The Scotsman". Archived from the original on 20 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Johnny Hamilton". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  6. ^ a b c "Tributes as Hearts legend Johnny Hamilton dies". Edinburgh Evening News. Johnston Publishing. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.