Pud Hamilton

William Edward "Billy, Pud" Hamilton (February 10, 1874 – October 23, 1965) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who was active in the early 1900s. Hamilton played for the Pittsburgh Athletic Club in the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, as well as for the Michigan Soo Indians in the International Professional Hockey League. He also appeared in two games with the Pittsburgh Bankers.

Pud Hamilton played with a rough edge to his game and a Pittsburgh Press report from January 1904 says he was released by manager Charles Miller of the Pittsburgh Athletic Club on account of his temper.

He was born in Kingston, Ontario.

Statistics Exh. = Exhibition games Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1900–01 Pittsburgh Athletic Club WPHL 13 3 – 3 – – – – – – 1901–02 Pittsburgh Athletic Club WPHL 14 3 2 5 14 – – – – – Pittsburgh Athletic Club Exh. 8 1 1 2 8 – – – – – 1902–03 Pittsburgh Athletic Club WPHL 13 0 6 6 17 – – – – – Pittsburgh Bankers US Pro – – – – – 2 0 1 1 2 1903–04 Pittsburgh Athletic Club WPHL 4 0 0 0 10 – – – – – Michigan Soo Indians Exh. 16 4 0 4 – – – – – – Michigan Soo Indians US Pro – – – – – 4 0 0 0 2 1904–05 Michigan Soo Indians IPHL 24 5 0 5 18 – – – – – 1905–06 Michigan Soo Indians IPHL 20 7 0 7 34 – – – – – 1906–07 Michigan Soo Indians IPHL 23 4 5 9 61 – – – – – 1907–08 Michigan Soo Indians Exh. – – – – – – – – – – 1908–09 Cobalt Silver Kings TPHL 1 0 0 0 7 – – – – – WPHL totals 54 5 8 13 41 – – – – – IPHL totals 67 16 5 21 113 – – – – –

Statistics per Society for International Hockey Research at sihrhockey.org