Colin Hampton

Colin Hampton MM (1 September 1888 – 17 January 1968) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Chelsea and Crystal Palace. He also played in the Scottish League for Motherwell and hometown club Brechin City.

Personal life Hampton's second cousin Harry was also a footballer and the pair played together at Brechin City. In August 1915, one year since the outbreak of 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. Three months later he was promoted to corporal while serving with the 28th Battery. 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. Hampton was taken prisoner by the Ottoman Army later that year when his armoured car was wrecked by shellfire. He died of emphysema at Stracathro Hospital in January 1968.

4 0 0 0 4 0 1910–11

1 0 0 0 1 0 1914–15 1 0 0 0 1 0 1919–20 15 0 0 0 15 0 1920–21 6 0 0 0 6 0 1921–22 9 0 0 0 9 0 1922–23 25 0 3 0 28 0 1923–24 22 0 0 0 22 0

79 0 3 0 82 0 Brechin City 1925–26 Scottish Third Division 9 0 3 0 12 0

222 0 23 0 245 0

Honours Motherwell Lanarkshire Cup: 1911–12 Chelsea London Challenge Cup: 1919–20