Don Hamilton (lacrosse)

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Don "Mr. Nice Guy" Hamilton
Born (1937-02-18) February 18, 1937 (age 87)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
NationalityCanadian
PositionGoaltender
WLA/
NLA team		Victoria Shamrocks (ICLL)
Vancouver Burrards (WLA)
Vancouver Burrards (NLA)
Pro career1956–1976
NicknameHammy Hambone
Career highlights

Mann Cup: 1961, 1975, 1977 (GM)
Nicholson Trophy: 1969, 1970, 1971

Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame, 1990

Donald "Mr. Nice Guy" Brian Rickerby Hamilton[1] (born February 18, 1937) is a Canadian retired professional and amateur box lacrosse goaltender and a professional ice hockey goaltender. Hamilton was considered an elite goaltender in his time and is a member of the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame.[2] He is remembered as the only goaltender to have completed a shutout in a Mann Cup national championship game.[3]

Career

Hamilton became a goaltender at the age of 12 because of an

Seattle Americans and the Victoria Cougars.[4]

In 1960, Hamilton moved to Vancouver and joined the Vancouver Burrards. On September 23, 1961, Hamilton would become the first and only goaltender during the box lacrosse era to record a shutout in Mann Cup play, blanking the Brampton Ramblers 13-0.[1][3] In 1962, at the height of his career, Hamilton was forced to step away from lacrosse when work forced him to move to

Kamloops, British Columbia. While there, he founded their Senior B team and their minor lacrosse association while acting as its first president.[1]
In 1968, Hamilton rejoined the Burrards and turned professional with the National Lacrosse Association. This lasted for two seasons.[5]

Don Hamilton retired from lacrosse with the Burrards in 1976 after winning two

World Lacrosse Championships in 1982.[6]

Honours

Hamilton was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1990.[2][7]

Statistics

Source: Wamper's Bible of Lacrosse[8] and Stan Shillington's "Who's Who in Lacrosse 1933-2013: Goaltending Records".[9]

Season Team League GP G A P PIM Sv% Team GAA
1956 Victoria ICLL 20 0 3 3 0 0.726 11.13
1957 Victoria ICLL 5 0 1 1 0 0.729 9.83
1958 Victoria ICLL 5 0 0 0 0 0.724 10.10
1959 Victoria ICLL 6 0 0 0 0 0.699 13.27
- Victoria P/O 1 0 0 0 0 0.625 -
1960 Vancouver ICLL 12 0 1 1 0 0.700 8.27
- Vancouver P/O 2 0 0 0 0 0.706 -
1961 Vancouver ICLL 27 0 2 2 0 0.743 8.53
- Vancouver P/O 6 0 0 0 0 0.815 -
1962 Vancouver ICLL 1 0 0 0 0 0.718 6.94
1963-67 Played Senior B
1968 Vancouver NLA 17 0 11 11 0 0.746 10.24
- Vancouver P/O 7 0 4 4 0 0.800 -
1969 Vancouver NLA 29 0 25 25 0 0.769 12.72
- Vancouver P/O 4 0 11 11 0 0.738 -
1970 Vancouver WLA 29 0 45 45 2 0.764 11.77
- Vancouver P/O 4 0 4 4 5 0.744 -
1971 Vancouver WLA 27 0 22 22 0 0.735 12.77
- Vancouver P/O 3 0 0 0 0 0.724 -
1972 Vancouver WLA 20 0 25 25 0 0.756 11.19
- Vancouver P/O 5 0 3 3 0 0.753 -
1973 Vancouver WLA 24 0 11 11 0 0.759 11.28
- Vancouver P/O 5 0 2 2 0 0.738 -
1974 Vancouver WLA 20 0 13 13 2 0.776 12.13
- Vancouver P/O 8 0 9 9 0 0.764 -
1975 Vancouver WLA 23 0 8 8 0 0.754 12.83
- Vancouver P/O 10 1 4 5 0 0.773 -
1976 Vancouver WLA 5 0 4 4 0 0.713 13.71
- Vancouver P/O 4 0 0 0 0 0.659 -

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f British Columbia Lacrosse Association
  2. ^ a b By Year Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b Central Desktop
  4. ^ Don Hamilton hockey statistics and profile at hockeydb.com
  5. ^ http://wampsbibleoflacrosse.com/newstats/1968nllproWEST.txt [bare URL plain text file]
  6. ^ "British Columbia Lacrosse Association". Bclaregistration.com. 1961-09-23. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  7. ^ Canadian Lacrosse
  8. ^ Bible of Lacrosse - statistics
  9. ^ Stan Shillington's "Who's Who in Lacrosse" by Stan Shillington Western Lacrosse Association. 2013.
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