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Colin Hampton
Personal information
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
0000–1906 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
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

Chelsea

References

  1. ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 125. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  4. ^ "Motherwell FC – 1886–1917". www.motherwellfc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Brechin City: the Early Years CHAPTER 3 «  Alex Wood.Education Consultant and Genealogist". www.alexwood.org.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Scotland's War – Brechin City – 1916–17" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  7. ^ a b c "Colin Hampton | Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Brechin City Football Club". www.brechincity.com. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g "Colin Hampton". 11v11.com. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
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