Doug Hamilton

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Doug Hamilton (March 6, 1963 - March 9, 2006) was president and general manager of the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team. He was previously the general manager of the Miami Fusion. Hamilton died from a heart attack aboard an airplane while travelling from San José, Costa Rica to Los Angeles.

Hamilton attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and played for the men's soccer team that won two NCAA Division III championships. He then served four years as head coach of the men's soccer team at Greensboro College.

Hamilton won the Major League Soccer Executive of the Year award three straight times, 2003-2005. On March 15, 2006, the league renamed that award the Doug Hamilton Executive of the Year Award [1].

Hamilton was raised in Hazlet, NJ, and attended the St. Benedict School, Hazlet, NJ, and then later, the Raritan High School, also in Hazlet. His friends all remember a happy, super energetic, kind and funny kid who never tried to call attention to himself.