Joseph William Hammond (10 July 1902 – 25 December 1990) 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
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
United King ...
in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...
(VFL).
Family
His brother,
Bob Hammond also played VFL football for Hawthorn and St Kilda.
Football
Hammond, a
Broadford recruit, was a defender and ruckman.
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When he started at Essendon in 1925, the club were coming off back to back premierships, but from round six he was a regular fixture in the team.
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Hammond represented Victoria at the 1927 Melbourne Carnival
The 1927 Melbourne Carnival was the sixth Australian National Football Carnival: an Australian rules football interstate competition.
New South Wales caused the biggest upset of the carnival when they defeated Tasmania by three points and, also, ...
.
Notes
References
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* Maplestone, M., ''Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996'', Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.
1902 births
1990 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents
Essendon Football Club players
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