Joe Hammond

Joseph William Hammond (10 July 1902 – 25 December 1990) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

For the basketball player, see Joe Hammond (basketball).
Joe Hammond
Personal information
Full name Joseph William Hammond
Date of birth (1902-07-10)10 July 1902
Place of birth Broadford, Victoria
Date of death 25 December 1990(1990-12-25) (aged 88)
Original team(s) Broadford
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1925–1932 Essendon 122 (18)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1932.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

His brother, Bob Hammond also played VFL football for Hawthorn and St Kilda.

Football

Hammond, a Broadford recruit, was a defender and ruckman.[2][3]

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.[4]

Hammond represented Victoria at the 1927 Melbourne Carnival.[2]

He was the club's vice-captain from 1930 to 1932. His career ended in 1932, when he badly injured his groin.[2]

Notes
  1. Holmesby & Main (2007).
  2. "Hammond, Joe W." Essendon Football Club official website. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012.
  3. Much Sought 'Don Follower: League Clubs Wanted Hammond, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 17 July 1926), p.6.
  4. AFL Tables: Joe Hammond

References
  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. Melbourne: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  • Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
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