[3] Hamilton, Moscrip, Bob "Horse" Reynolds, and Bobby Grayson played for Stanford's freshman football team during the 1932 season.

[7] When the winless 1939 Stanford team was losing at halftime in their final game of the season, Hamilton was asked to give a halftime pep talk—he told the downtrodden players, "You are by far and large the worst group of players who have ever worn the Stanford red.

"[8] The insult motivated the team to score 14 unanswered points, resulting in their only win of the season.

[9] During World War II, Hamilton served in the United States Navy,[1] having been commissioned as a lieutenant in naval procurement.

[a] In July 1967, Hamilton married his second wife, Florence—the widow of W. Clarke Swanson, a son of Carl A. Swanson—she died in April 1988.