W. Hamilton was a

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player.

University of Georgia

He was a prominent

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for the Georgia Bulldogs football team of the University of Georgia, then considered the best the school had ever boasted at the position.

1899

Hamilton was selected All-Southern in

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. He enabled the last score in the Clemson game by his work. He was the "superior of any man in the line" in the close loss to North Carolina.

References

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