Robert Houston Hamilton (December 25, 1873 – June 15, 1946) was an American

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

coach, law professor, and judge. He was the first head football coach at

Baylor University Baylor University is a private Baptist Christian research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the fir ...

, serving from 1899 to 1900 and compiling a record of 5–1–1. Hamilton graduated from Baylor's law department in 1899 and joined the faculty of

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in 1900. After leaving Baylor, he moved to

Port Lavaca, Texas Port Lavaca () is a city in Calhoun County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 12,248 at the 2010 census and 11,557 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Calhoun County and part of the Victoria, Texas Metropolitan Statis ...

, where he served as a county judge before attending the

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. In 1921, he was elected to the

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. Hamilton died on June 15, 1946, at his home in Port Lavaca.

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* 1873 births 1946 deaths Baylor Bears football coaches Baylor Law School alumni Baylor University faculty Justices of the Texas Supreme Court University of Chicago alumni People from Corsicana, Texas People from Port Lavaca, Texas Coaches of American football from Texas {{1890s-collegefootball-coach-stub