Foy Hayden Hammons (January 22, 1894 – July 16, 1961) was an American

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the First District Agricultural School of

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—now known as

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—from 1919 to 1921, at

Ouachita Baptist University Ouachita Baptist University (OBU) is a private Baptist university in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. The university's name is taken from the Ouachita (pronounced WAH-shi-tah) River, which forms the eastern campus boundary. It is affiliated with the Arka ...

from 1926 to 1930, and at Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College—now known as the University of Arkansas at Monticello—from 1931 to 1933, compiling a career

record of 44–32–13. Hammons also coached

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at Pine Bluff High School and Hope High School in

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. He died in 1961 after a long illness.

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* 1894 births 1961 deaths Arkansas State Red Wolves football coaches Arkansas State Red Wolves football players Arkansas–Monticello Boll Weevils and Cotton Blossoms athletic directors Arkansas–Monticello Boll Weevils football coaches Ouachita Baptist Tigers football coaches High school football coaches in Arkansas Players of American football from Little Rock, Arkansas {{1910s-collegefootball-coach-stub