George Hamlet

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| full_name = George Thomas Hamlet

| birth_date = {{birth date|1881|04|09|df=y}}

| birth_place = Balbriggan, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1959|10|20|1881|04|09|df=y}}

| death_place = Dún Laoghaire, Ireland

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| position = Forward

| repyears1 = 1902–11

| repteam1 = {{nrut|Ireland}}

| repcaps1 = 30

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George Thomas Hamlet (9 April 1881 – 20 October 1959) was an Irish rugby union international.

Born in Balbriggan, Hamlet was a forward who played for Old Wesley and earned 30 caps for Ireland from 1902 to 1911, which included a stint as captain.{{cite news |title=Ollie honoured to join Fingal heroes |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/ollie-honoured-to-join-fingal-heroes/28009092.html |work=Irish Independent |date=25 May 2012 |language=en}} His 30 caps remained an Ireland record until the late 1920s and the most by a player from Fingal for over 100 years.{{cite news |title=Will He Equal Record? |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/789779397 |work=Daily Mirror |date=12 February 1927}} He has the distinction of being the first to lead Ireland in a Test against England at Twickenham and was captain of Ireland's 1911 Five Nations campaign, where they lost only to Wales.{{cite news |title=Solid and rich tradition of rugby in the north east |url=https://www.meathchronicle.ie/2021/03/04/solid-and-rich-tradition-of-rugby-in-the-north-east/ |work=Meath Chronicle |date=4 March 2021}}{{cite book |last1=Griffiths |first1=John |title=The Strangest Rugby Quiz Book |date=2020 |publisher=Pavilion Books |isbn=978-1911622444}}

Hamlet served as president of the Irish Rugby Football Union in 1926 and 1927. He also co-founded and was president of Balbriggan RFC around this period. His son, also named George, was the longest serving member of Sligo RFC.{{cite news |title=George was Rugby Club's longest serving member |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligo/news/george-was-rugby-clubs-longest-serving-member/27582631.html |work=Irish Independent |date=20 July 2011 |language=en}}