Harry Hamill

{{Short description|Australian rugby league footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2015}} {{Infobox rugby league biography |name = Harry Hamill |fullname = Henry Clay Hamill |birth_date = 15 March 1879 |birth_place = Redfern, New South Wales |death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1947|12|19|1879|3|15}} |death_place = Woollahra, New South Wales |retired = yes |position = Prop |club1 = Newtown |year1start = 1908 |year1end = |appearances1 = 8 |tries1 = 1 |goals1 = 0 |fieldgoals1 = 0 |points1 = 3 |source = Whiticker/Hudson 1995 }}

'''Henry Clay Hamill''' (1879–1947) was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s, and a co-founder of Rugby League in Australia.

Born to parents William and Isabella Hamill at Redfern, New South Wales in 1879, Harry Hamill was one of the original founders of the Newtown Jets rugby league football club in 1908 and was the club's first captain.<ref>Terry Williams. "Through Blue Eyes, A Pictorial History of Newtown RLFC." 2008</ref> Originally a rugby union player with Newtown, Harry Hamill captained the Newtown in their first season before retiring.

As a founding member of Newtown and pioneer of the game of rugby league in Sydney, Harry Hamill was awarded Life Membership of the NSWRFL in 1914.<ref>Referee, Sydney 13/05/1914 "Life Members of the NSWRFL" (page 12)</ref>

Harry Hamill was a journalist during his working life and created the ''Rugby League News'' in 1920. This publication became what is now the Big League Magazine.

Harry Hamill died on 19 December 1947, aged 68 late of Woollahra, New South Wales and was survived by his eight children.<ref>Sydney Morning Herald: Death Notice. 20/12/1947</ref>

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