Billy_Hammond

Billy Hammond

Billy Hammond

Australian rules footballer

William Hammond (25 October 1887 – 16 February 1919), nicknamed "Chock", was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

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Family

The son of Thomas Hammond, and Ann Hammond, née Williams, Billy Hammond was born on 25 October 1887. Two of his brothers, Jack Hammond (1884-1971), and Charlie Hammond (1886-1936) also played VFL football.

He married Ellen Irvine in 1911.

Death

He died as an inpatient at the Melbourne's special "Spanish flu" hospital that had been set up in the Royal Exhibition Building on 16 February 1919.[2]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 357. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. [2]
    Deaths: Hammond, The Age, (Monday, 17 February 1919), p.1; Deaths: Hammond, The Age, (Tuesday, 18 February 1919), p.1; Deaths: Hammond, The Age, (Saturday, 22 February 1919), p.1.
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