Ronald Hamilton is a Scottish retired professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Kilmarnock, St Mirren and Queen of the South as a centre forward. He is best remembered for his time as player, assistant manager, coach, scout and chairman of Kilmarnock. At the time of his debut as a player for Kilmarnock, Hamilton was the club's youngest ever player and the youngest post-war Scottish League First Division player. As of June 2022, he had served as president of Ardeer Thistle for more than 30 years.