Johnny Hamilton | |
Fullname: | John Hamilton |
Birth Date: | 1935 1, df=y |
Birth Place: | Larkhall, Scotland |
Death Place: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
Position: | Right winger |
Youthclubs1: | Lesmahagow |
Years1: | 1955–1967 |
Caps1: | 293 |
Goals1: | 75 |
Clubs1: | Heart of Midlothian |
Years2: | 1967–1968 |
Caps2: | 8 |
Goals2: | 2 |
Clubs2: | Watford |
Years3: | 1968–1971 |
Caps3: | 71 |
Goals3: | 14 |
Clubs3: | Berwick Rangers |
Totalcaps: | 372 |
Totalgoals: | 91 |
Nationalyears1: | 1956–1957[1] |
Nationalteam1: | Scotland U23 |
Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Nationalyears2: | 1958 |
Nationalteam2: | Scottish League XI |
Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Nationalyears3: | 1960[2] |
Nationalteam3: | SFL trial v SFA |
Nationalcaps3: | 1 |
Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Johnny Hamilton (22 January 1935 – 8 August 2013)[3] 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.[4] After retiring as a football player, Hamilton coached the Hearts youth team between 1974 and 1979. He then ran a newsagents in Slateford Road, Edinburgh. Hamilton died in August 2013, aged 78.[5]
Johnny married Elizabeth Farquhar and had three children, Karen, Ross and Gary.