Tommy Hamilton

Tommy Hamilton

Tommy Hamilton (born in Bray) is a former Irish football player who played as a forward.

He joined Shamrock Rovers F.C. in November 1955 from Manchester United [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1955/1105/Pg003.html#Ar00302:7FE11882F13471C1A27491BA6DE26370727865C28568529A6C12FF6EB31466B3E86943FD70D51573952A65C60A68661F7037907467AC6A77F96D280E66B3916943A669738A69B39D7A811A7ED1366CF1A370E1BA68B78F6F37AB65D7F969980E66B7B469D7C967976C6DD7896B27B46ED7C968A81C6C2831] and made his debut against Waterford at Kilcohan Park on the 6th of November in a League of Ireland Shield final match.

The following season he was the League's top scorer [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/iertops.html] .

Hamilton scored twice for Rovers in the European Champion Clubs' Cup [http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/europeanresults.php] . After scoring at OGC Nice he was ruled out of the home leg due to tonsillitis. He played three times in Europe for the Hoops.

He won two caps for the Republic of Ireland making his debut in a 2-0 win over Czechoslovakia on the 5th of April 1959 in Ireland's first ever European Championship qualifier at Dalymount Park. His second and final cap was in the return game at Tehelne pole on the 10th of May. He also won one Republic of Ireland B national football team cap in 1960 scoring both goals in a 2-1 win over Iceland.

Tommy finished up scoring 44 League goals and 9 FAI Cup goals as well as his 2 European strikes. He represented the League of Ireland 20 times in his seven years at Milltown scoring once.

His last competitive game for the Hoops was the 1962 FAI Cup final in which he scored twice. This made up for being bizarrely dropped for the 1957 and 1958 finals.

He shared his benefit with Maxie McCann against Sunderland at Dalymount Park on the 30th of April 1962 [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1962/0501/Pg002.html#Ar00206:784B587BFB727C1B5A7C8B74] . That match was Tommy Hamilton's last match for Rovers as he joined Cork Hibernians in a player-exchange deal that brought Jackie Mooney to Milltown.

The following week he won the Soccer Personality of the Year Award [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1962/0502/Pg003.html#Ar00307:3C210841612241E1084871223D31AE41C1C83C231A40A3343DB37743E3914F03EB538405] .

Signed for Cork Hibernians F.C. shortly after playing in the 1963 FAI Cup final. Spent three season there before moving to Limerick F.C. where he made another Cup Final appearance losing to Rovers.

Honours

*League of Ireland: 2
** Shamrock Rovers - 1956/57, 1958/59
*FAI Cup: 2
** Shamrock Rovers - 1956, 1962
*League of Ireland Shield: 5
** Shamrock Rovers - 1955/56, 1956/57, 1957/58, 1962/63, 1963/64,
*Leinster Senior Cup: 3
** Shamrock Rovers - 1956, 1957, 1958
*Dublin City Cup: 3
** 1956/57, 1957/58, 1959/60
*Top Four Cup: 2
** 1956, 1958

Sources

* "The Hoops" by Paul Doolan and Robert Goggins (ISBN 0-7171-2121-6)


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