Donald Cameron Hamilton

Don Hamilton
BornDonald Cameron Hamilton
(1883-01-19)19 January 1883
Bluff, New Zealand
Died14 April 1925(1925-04-14) (aged 42)
Auckland, New Zealand
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
SchoolSouthland Boys' High School
Rugby union career
Position Wing-forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1906–08 Pirates (Invercargill)
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1906–08 Southland 12 (22)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1908 New Zealand 1 (0)
Rugby league career
Playing information
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1908 Southland
Cricket career
Cricket information
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1919/20Southland
Only FC17 March 1920 Southland v Otago
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 32
Batting average 16.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 24
Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: CricInfo, 4 April 2018

Donald Cameron Hamilton (19 January 1883 – 14 April 1925) was a New Zealand rugby football player who represented the New Zealand national rugby union team, the All Blacks in 1908. He also represented his province Southland in rugby union, rugby league, soccer and cricket.

Born in Bluff, then known as Campbelltown, 19 January 1883, Hamilton was educated at Bluff Public School and Southland Boys' High School where he was a member of the 1st XV between 1897 and 1898. He was also an excellent rower and a member of the Awarua Boating Club which won the New Zealand Championship four. A chemist, Hamilton was for many years in charge of the UFS dispensary in Bluff, leaving in 1920 to set up business in Auckland.