Colin Hampton
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Colin McKenzie Hampton[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1 September 1888[1] | ||
Place of birth | Brechin, Scotland | ||
Date of death | January 1968 (aged 79)[2] | ||
Place of death | Stracathro, Scotland[2] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Brechin Arnot | |||
–1906 | Brechin Hearts | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1906–1907 | Brechin Rovers | ||
1907–1909 | Brechin City | ||
1909–1914 | Motherwell | 134 | (0) |
1914–1925 | Chelsea | 79 | (0) |
1925 | Brechin City | 9 | (0) |
1925–1926 | Crystal Palace | 3 | (0) |
International career | |||
1912 | Scottish League XI | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Colin Hampton MM (1 September 1888 – January 1968) was a Scottish professional football goalkeeper who played in the Football League for Chelsea and Crystal Palace.[1] He also played in the Scottish League for Motherwell and hometown club Brechin City.[3] He made one appearance for the Scottish League XI in 1912.[4]
Personal life
Hampton's second cousin Harry was also a footballer and the pair played together at Brechin City.[5] In August 1915, one year into the First World War, Hampton enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery, but by December he had become a gunner in the Motor Machine Gun Service.[6] Three months later he was promoted to corporal while serving with the 28th Battery.[2] By 1918 he had risen to the rank of sergeant and was serving as a machine gunner in the Machine Gun Corps (Motors) in Mesopotamia.[7] Hampton was taken prisoner by the Ottoman Army later that year when his armoured car was wrecked by shellfire.[7] During the march to Constantinople, he and his fellow prisoners were released after the armistice was declared and he was awarded the Military Medal in 1919.[6] He was demobilised in May 1919.[7] After the war, Hampton ran a confectionery shop in Brechin and worked in a factory in Coventry and as a special constable during the Second World War.[8] He died of emphysema at Stracathro Hospital in January 1968.[2]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Motherwell | 1909–10[3] | Scottish First Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
1910–11[3] | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
1911–12[3] | 32 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
1912–13[3] | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
1913–14[3] | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
Total | 134 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 151 | 0 | ||
Chelsea | 1913–14[9] | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1914–15[9] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
1919–20[9] | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
1920–21[9] | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
1921–22[9] | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
1922–23[9] | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
1923–24[9] | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
Total | 79 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 82 | 0 | ||
Brechin City | 1925–26[3] | Scottish Third Division | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Career total | 222 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 245 | 0 |
Honours
Motherwell
- Lanarkshire Cup: 1911–12[2]
Chelsea
- London Challenge Cup: 1919–20[2]
References
- ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 125. ISBN 190589161X.
- ^ a b c d e f "Colin Hampton | Chelsea Player Profile | Stamford-Bridge.com The History of Chelsea FC". stamford-bridge.com. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ "Motherwell FC – 1886–1917". www.motherwellfc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ "Brechin City: the Early Years CHAPTER 3 « Alex Wood.Education Consultant and Genealogist". www.alexwood.org.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Scotland's War – Brechin City – 1916–17" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
- ^ a b c "Colin Hampton | Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ "Brechin City Football Club". www.brechincity.com. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Colin Hampton". 11v11.com. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
- 1888 births
- 1968 deaths
- Scottish footballers
- English Football League players
- Brechin City F.C. players
- Motherwell F.C. players
- Chelsea F.C. players
- Crystal Palace F.C. players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Machine Gun Corps soldiers
- Scottish Football League representative players
- Recipients of the Military Medal
- Deaths from emphysema
- Scottish Football League players
- Association football goalkeepers who have scored
- Royal Field Artillery soldiers
- Association football goalkeepers