Johnny Hamilton (footballer, born 1935)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Johnny Hamilton

| image =

| fullname = John Hamilton{{Hugman|8141|accessdate=5 March 2017}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1935|01|22}}

| birth_place = Larkhall, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2013|08|08|1935|01|22}}

| death_place = Edinburgh, Scotland

| height =

| position = Right winger

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Lesmahagow

| years1 = 1955–1967 | caps1 = 293 | goals1 = 75 | clubs1 = Heart of Midlothian

| years2 = 1967–1968 | caps2 = 8 | goals2 = 2 | clubs2 = Watford

| years3 = 1968–1971 | caps3 = 71 | goals3 = 14 | clubs3 = Berwick Rangers

| totalcaps = 372

| totalgoals = 91

| nationalyears1 = 1956–1957{{cite web |url=http://www.fitbastats.com/scotlandu23/player.php?playerid=27 |title=John Hamilton |work=fitbastats.com |access-date=8 September 2015}}

| nationalteam1 = Scotland U23

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 1958

| nationalteam2 = Scottish League XI

| nationalcaps2 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 1960{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lITgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT215|title=Scotland in the 60s: The Definitive Account of the Scottish National Football Side During the 1960s|author=Ronnie McDevitt|year=2016|publisher=Pitch Publishing|isbn=9781785312458}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| nationalteam3 = SFL trial v SFA

| nationalcaps3 = 1

| nationalgoals3 = 0

}}

Johnny Hamilton (22 January 1935 – 8 August 2013){{cite web| url = http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/obituaries/obituary-johnny-hamilton-footballer-1-3048529| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130820080913/http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/obituaries/obituary-johnny-hamilton-footballer-1-3048529| archive-date = 2013-08-20| title = Obituary: Johnny Hamilton, footballer - Obituaries - The Scotsman}} was a Scottish footballer, who played for Hearts, Watford and Berwick Rangers.

He scored 157 goals in 496 appearances for Hearts between 1955 and 1967.

Hamilton played for the Scottish League XI once, in 1958.{{cite news|url=http://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/players/johnnyhamilton.html|title=Johnny Hamilton|work=Londonhearts.com|publisher=London Hearts Supporters' Club|access-date=11 December 2011}} After retiring as a football player, Hamilton coached the Hearts youth team between 1974 and 1979. He then ran a newsagents in Slateford Road, Edinburgh. Hamilton died in August 2013, aged 78.{{cite news |url=http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/tributes-as-hearts-legend-johnny-hamilton-dies-1-3044483 |title=Tributes as Hearts legend Johnny Hamilton dies |work=Edinburgh Evening News |publisher=Johnston Publishing |date=14 August 2013 |access-date=14 August 2013}}

Johnny married Elizabeth Farquhar and had three children, Karen, Ross and Gary.