11 Facts About Brutus Hamilton

Brutus Kerr Hamilton was an American track and field athlete, coach and athletics administrator.

Brutus Hamilton placed seventh in the pentathlon at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Besides athletics Hamilton was a second-string end on the 1921 Walter Camp All-American football team, and in 1923 he played on the Kansas City Athletic Club basketball team that won the National AAU Championship.

In 1930, Brutus Hamilton moved to the University of Kansas, where his team won the Big Six title in 1930 and 1931 and came in second in 1932.

Brutus Hamilton coached at Cal from then until his retirement in 1965, with time off to serve as a major in the US Air Intelligence in England during World War II.

Brutus Hamilton was athletic director at Berkeley from 1946 to 1955, during which time he recruited both Lynn Waldorf and Pete Newell, two of Cal's greatest coaches; he was an assistant dean of students; and he chaired the NCAA Track and Field Rules Committee for 10 years.

At Cal, Brutus Hamilton coached many athletes of great ability, among them Archie Williams, Hal Davis, Grover Klemmer, Guinn Smith, Jack Yerman, Jerry Siebert, Leamon King, Don Bowden, Lon Spurrier, Willie White, Dave Archibald, Forrest Beaty, and Dave Maggard.

In 1952, Brutus Hamilton coached the US Olympic track and field team in Helsinki;.

Brutus Hamilton was the US track and field coach for the 1953 Maccabiah Games in Israel.

Brutus Hamilton was a writer and poet, and a collection of his letters was published in 1975.

Brutus Hamilton died in Berkeley, California, on December 28,1970.