Robert Houston Hamilton (December 25, 1873 – June 15, 1946) was an American college football coach, law professor, and judge. He was the first head football coach at Baylor University, serving from 1899 to 1900 and compiling a record of 5–1–1.
Hamilton graduated from Baylor's law department in 1899 and joined the faculty of Baylor Law School in 1900. After leaving Baylor, he moved to Port Lavaca, Texas, where he served as a county judge before attending the University of Chicago. In 1921, he was elected to the Texas Supreme Court.[1] Hamilton died on June 15, 1946, at his home in Port Lavaca.[2]
hamilton, robert, houston, hamilton, december, 1873, june, 1946, american, college, football, coach, professor, judge, first, head, football, coach, baylor, university, serving, from, 1899, 1900, compiling, record, biographical, detailsborn, 1873, december, 18. Robert Houston Hamilton December 25 1873 June 15 1946 was an American college football coach law professor and judge He was the first head football coach at Baylor University serving from 1899 to 1900 and compiling a record of 5 1 1 R H HamiltonBiographical detailsBorn 1873 12 25 December 25 1873Corsicana Texas U S DiedJune 15 1946 1946 06 15 aged 72 Port Lavaca Texas U S Coaching career HC unless noted 1899 1900BaylorHead coaching recordOverall5 1 1 Hamilton graduated from Baylor s law department in 1899 and joined the faculty of Baylor Law School in 1900 After leaving Baylor he moved to Port Lavaca Texas where he served as a county judge before attending the University of Chicago In 1921 he was elected to the Texas Supreme Court 1 Hamilton died on June 15 1946 at his home in Port Lavaca 2 Head coaching record editYear Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl playoffs Baylor Independent 1899 1900 1899 Baylor 2 1 1 1900 Baylor 3 0 Baylor 5 1 1 Total 5 1 1References edit Armstrong Z French J P C 1974 Notable Southern Families Armstrong Trooper Cockrill Duke Elston Lea Park Parkes Tunnell The Sevier family 1 v Genealogical Publishing Company ISBN 9780806305080 Retrieved December 3 2014 Former Texas Jurist Succumbs The Austin American Austin Texas Associated Press June 16 1946 p 26 Retrieved July 30 2021 via Newspapers com nbsp External links editR H Hamilton at Find a Grave nbsp This biographical article relating to a college football coach first appointed in the 1890s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title R H Hamilton amp oldid 1143330481, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
