Harry Hamilton
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| Position: | Safety |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | November 29, 1962 Jamaica, New York |
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Nanticoke (PA) Fine |
| College: | Penn State |
| NFL draft: | 1984 / round: 7 / pick: 176 |
| Career history | |
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| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Harry Edwin Hamilton (born November 29, 1962) is a former American football safety. Hamilton was the first Black African-American to graduate from John S. Fine High School, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania.
Football career
Having graduated with honors, he was recruited by a number of colleges for his excellence in academics and athletics before selecting Penn State. During his collegiate career, he was an Academic All-American safety at Penn State University following the 1982 National Championship season and 1983 seasons. After which, he played eight seasons as a safety in the National Football League with the New York Jets and Tampa Bay Buccaneers before retiring in 1993.
Post-football career
During his professional football career, Hamilton attended law school and immediately put his law degree to work for legal services in Tampa, Florida before embarking on a career in the United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps.
In March 2018, while addressing a potential child endangerment situation, Hamilton, 55, was charged with a number of offenses including burglary, criminal trespassing, a misdemeanor count of simple assault and two summary offenses of harassment. Allegations, including that he forced his way into the residence in which he was seeking to protect his son, are currently being addressed in court. Hamilton was arraigned and released on $25,000 unsecured bail.