Robert Samuel Hammond (1 September 1905 – 2 March 1993) was an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played with
Hawthorn
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and
St Kilda in the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL).
Family
The son of William Hammond (1879-1908) and Sarah Jane Hammond (1873-1958), nee Johnson, Robert Samuel Hammond was born at Benalla on 1 September 1905.
His older brother,
Joe Hammond, also played VFL football with
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
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*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
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United King ...
.
Hammond married Mary Irene Folvig (1915–1999) on 20 Jan 1938 at Broadford.
Football
Hammond joined Hawthorn from
Broadford at the start of the
1927 VFL season
The 1927 VFL season was the 31st season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 30 April until 1 October, and comprised an 18- ...
and played eleven games at centre half back before injury put an end to his season. Hammond made a single appearance in
1928
Events January
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and then returned to Broadford and did not play VFL football for two years.
Hammond reappeared with Hawthorn in
1931
Events
January
* January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.
* January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa.
* January 22 – Sir I ...
, scoring 14 goals in a further 22 appearances (mostly as a centre half forward) over the next couple of seasons. Although selected for the Round 6 game in
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...
he failed to play due to illness. After a couple of games in the reserves, Hammond made a mid-season move to St. Kilda. In his first game for St. Kilda Hammond suffered a significant knee injury and never again played VFL football.
Hammond later coached the Broadford team.
Death
Robert Samuel Hammond died at Broadford on 2 March 1993 and was buried in Broadford Cemetery.
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1905 births
1993 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Hawthorn Football Club players
St Kilda Football Club players
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