Bill Hamilton (rugby league)

Bill Hamilton
Personal information
Full name William Hamilton
Nickname Herman
Born Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1965–74 Manly-Warringah 187 19 0 0 57
1975–78 North Sydney 71 6 0 0 18
Total 258 25 0 0 75
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1971–73 New South Wales 4 1 0 0 3
1973 Australia 0 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1977–78 North Sydney 44 14 2 28 32
Source: RLP Yesterday's Hero

Bill "Herman" Hamilton is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 70s. Known as Herman by teammates after his resemblance to Herman Munster, he played in the front row for the Manly-Warringah and North Sydney clubs in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership. He also gained selection for the Australia on the 1973 Kangaroo Tour though he only played in eight minor matches and didn't play a test.

Unwanted by Manly at the end of 1974, he went on to captain the North Sydney Bears, bringing much needed discipline to a club regarded as ‘easybeats’. Hamilton captain-coached the club to their last major trophy the Channel 10 Challenge Cup in 1978.

In 2010 he was named at prop forward in Kurri Rugby League Club's team of the century.[1]

References

  1. ^ cessnockadvertiser.com.au (21 July 2010). "Kurri Rugby League Club announces Team of the Century". The Advertiser. http://www.cessnockadvertiser.com.au/news/local/sport/rugby-league/kurri-rugby-league-club-announces-team-of-the-century/1891170.aspx. Retrieved 2 April 2011.