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Robert Cumming Hamilton (13 May 1877 – 2 May 1948) was a Scottish international
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who played as a
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and was known for his prolific scoring record and his ten-season association with
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Playing career


Club

Hamilton started his football career with the local side Elgin City in the Highland League. He relocated to
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in 1896 to attend the city's
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and joined Queen's Park. A year later, he joined the
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until 1907, earning a reputation as a potent goal-scorer who was remarkably accurate from long range. Hamilton played every match, was top scorer and captained the team during the 1898–99 season, in which they won every league match.(Rangers player) Hamilton, Robert C.
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He earned further League winners medals in 1899–1900, 1900–01 and 1901–02 and was part of Rangers'
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. He became Rangers' all-time top scorer against rivals
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during his time at Ibrox, was the club's top goalscorer for nine consecutive seasons and the highest overall in
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on six occasions (including two shared awards), his highest total being 28 from 24 appearances in 1903–04. Hamilton moved south of the border to join
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in May 1906, helping them to win the 1906–07 Southern League title, before returning to Rangers a year later. He left the
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club for a second time in 1908, briefly moving to Heart of Midlothian before joining Morton. He signed for
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at the end of the 1909–10 season, too late to be involved in the side which defeated Clyde to win the Scottish Cup, Dundee's first, that year. After three full seasons and part of a fourth at
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he returned to first club Elgin City in 1913 where he finally retired.


International

Hamilton won a total of eleven
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for
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between 1899 and 1911, scoring fifteen goals, four of which came in Scotland's 11–0 win over
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in 1901, their biggest ever margin of victory. He was also selected seven times for the
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representative side, scoring nine goals.(SFL player) Robert Cumming Hamilton
London Hearts Supporters Club


Post football

After retiring from football, Hamilton went into education, and after graduating from the
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, he became a school teacher, then eventually a master. He maintained an involvement in education throughout his life and eventually served on the Moray and Nairn Education Board in the mid-1930s. He was also involved in local politics, serving on the Elgin
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between 1914 and 1937. For the last six years of this period, he was the Provost of Elgin. Hamilton died in May 1948, aged 71. In the late 1950s/early 1960s a new road in a private housing estate overlooking the River Lossie at the north side of Elgin was named after him as Hamilton Drive, which remains today.


Career Statistics


Club


International

:''Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, the score column indicates the score after each Hamilton goal.''


See also

* List of footballers in Scotland by number of league goals (200+) *
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Robert 1877 births 1948 deaths Alumni of the University of Glasgow Date of death missing Dundee F.C. players Elgin City F.C. players Fulham F.C. players Greenock Morton F.C. players Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Queen's Park F.C. players Rangers F.C. players Scotland men's international footballers Scottish Football League players Scottish Football League representative players Scottish men's footballers English Football League players Scottish league football top scorers Highland Football League players Place of death missing Men's association football forwards Footballers from Elgin, Moray Councillors in Scotland Scottish politicians Scottish schoolteachers Provosts in Scotland