Pat Hamilton was at the birth of organized youth soccer in North Carolina. In the early 1970s he was one of the pioneers of soccer who first organized the Capital Area Soccer League and its forerunner, the Raleigh Soccer League. He was instrumental in the development of the CASL/WRAL Soccer Complex, and a co-founder of the North Carolina Youth Soccer League. He served as vice-president and president of NCYSA in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, and received the NCYSA Pioneer of the Game award in 1992.

Pat Hamilton's HOF Induction Bio