Lol Hamlett
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Lawrence Hamlett | ||
| Date of birth | 24 January 1917 | ||
| Place of birth | Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
| Date of death | 22 May 1986 (aged 69) | ||
| Place of death | Milton, Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cornhill White Star | |||
| Chell Heath | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1937–1938 | Congleton Town | 42 | (0) |
| 1938–1949 | Bolton Wanderers | 72 | (9) |
| 1949–1952 | Port Vale | 109 | (0) |
| 1952–1954 | Congleton Town | 66 | (0) |
| Total | 289 | (9) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| Congleton Town | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Thomas Lawrence Hamlett (24 January 1917 – 22 May 1986) was an English footballer who played at right-back for Congleton Town, Bolton Wanderers, and Port Vale. He scored nine goals in 181 league appearances in the six seasons of the Football League immediately following World War II. He later spent 25 years on the coaching staff at Port Vale, from July 1958 to March 1983.
Hamlett played for Congleton Town, before joining Bolton Wanderers for a Cheshire County League record transfer fee of £750.World War II devastated his career, limiting him to guest appearances for Stoke City and Manchester United. Playing for Stoke, he scored two goals in 35 games in 1941–42, one goal in 34 games in 1942–43, and then played ten games in the 1943–44 season. He returned to the Victoria Ground with Bolton on 19 March 1949, and scored an own goal in a 4–0 win for the "Potters". Walter Rowley's "Trotters" meanwhile finished 18th in the First Division in 1946–47, and then 17th in 1947–48 and 14th in 1948–49. In his three years at Burnden Park, he scored nine goals in 72 league and 13 FA Cup appearances. He was present at the Burnden Park disaster on 9 March 1946, where 33 spectators were killed.
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