Billy Hinton

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| name = Billy Hinton

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| full_name = William Peart Hinton

| birth_date = {{birth date|1882|10|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Rathgar, Dublin, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1953|08|29|1882|10|27|df=y}}

| death_place = Dublin, Ireland

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| occupation = Stockbroker

| school = Wesley College Dublin

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| position = Fullback

| repyears1 = 1907–12

| repteam1 = {{nrut|Ireland}}

| repcaps1 = 16

| reppoints1 = 4

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William Peart Hinton (27 October 1882 — 29 August 1953) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Educated at Wesley College Dublin, Hinton played his rugby for Old Wesley and was a specialist fullback. He was a permanent fixture in the Ireland team between 1907 and 1912, gaining a total of 16 caps.{{cite news |title=Former Irish Rugby FullBack |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19530902/112/0007 |work=Belfast Telegraph |date=2 September 1953}}

Hinton served as a second lieutenant with the Royal Irish Regiment during World War I and in 1915 was reported as having been killed, when he had instead suffered minor shrapnel injuries to his head.{{cite news |title=Rugby International Wounded |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000434/19150517/195/0010 |work=Northern Whig |date=17 May 1915}}{{cite news |title=The Sportsman's Roll of Honour |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001857/19150619/009/0007 |work=Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News |date=19 June 1915}}

A stockbroker by profession, Hinton served a term as president of the IRFU in 1920–21.