Tommy Hamilton

Who is Tommy Hamilton?

Tommy Hamilton is a former Irish football player who played as a forward.

His first club was Manchester United whom he joined in 1953 where he began playing as an inside forward for the third team and reserves. Hamilton was not prepared for being conscripted so he came home to sign for Shamrock Rovers F.C. in November 1955 and made his debut against Waterford at Kilcohan Park on the 6th of November in a League of Ireland Shield match.

The following season he was the League's top scorer.

Hamilton scored twice for Rovers in the European Champion Clubs' Cup. 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 5 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, Bratislava 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.