Jack_Hammond_(footballer)

Jack Hammond (footballer)

Jack Hammond (footballer)

Australian rules footballer

John "Jack" Hammond (30 September 1884 – 5 June 1971) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

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Family

The son of Thomas Hammond, and Ann Hammond, née Williams, John Hammond was born on 30 September 1884. Two of his brothers, Charlie Hammond (1886-1936), and Billy Hammond (1887-1919) also played VFL football.

He married Millicent Evelyn Iverson (1897-1960) in 1921.

Football

During a Melbourne practice match against VFA club Hawthorn, on 13 April 1908 at the MCG, Hammond slipped and fell heavily to the ground, fracturing his right leg below the knee.[2] He never played again.

Notes

  1. [1]
    Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 339. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  2. [2]
    Football Accident: Player's Leg Broken, The Herald, (Saturday, 11 April 1908), p.6; Footballer Injured, The Argus, (Monday, 13 April 1908), p.9.
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