Edward James Hamilton (October 8, 1880 – ?) was a college football , basketball , and baseball player and coach as well as an attorney . He attended preparatory school at Mooney School in Franklin, Tennessee along with Red Smith and Frank Kyle .[ 1] Hamilton was born in Enid, Mississippi .[ 2]
Hamilton was an All-Southern end for the first years of Dan McGugin 's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams.[ 3] He stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) and weighed 164 pounds (74 kg).[ 4] He was an All-Southern second baseman on the baseball team. Hamilton coached the Vanderbilt basketball squad in 1903–1904 and 1908–09 for a combined record of 17–5.[ 5] [ 6]
Hamilton was the first to meet McGugin in Nashville, and has his law office next to his.[ 7] Hamilton won Bachelor of Ugliness . He married Theresa Henderson, the daughter of judge John Henderson.[ 8]
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