Death
On 8 January 1938, Hampson played his last-ever match, an FA Cup tie for Blackpool against Birmingham City. His final contribution was a quick throw-in, seven minutes before the end of the match, from which Blackpool scored.
On 10 January, a day after visiting his wife, Betty, who was ill in a nursing home, Hampson went out fishing with some friends off the Fleetwood coast. Their 40-foot yacht, Defender, collided with a trawler and Hampson was knocked overboard. He drowned, and his body was never recovered. He was 31.
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