Joe Hammond | |
Fullname: | Joseph William Hammond |
Birth Date: | 10 July 1902 |
Birth Place: | Broadford, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Broadford |
Height: | 180 cm |
Weight: | 83 kg |
Statsend: | 1932 |
Years1: | 1925–1932 |
Club1: | Essendon |
Games Goals1: | 122 (18) |
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]
His brother, Bob Hammond also played VFL football for Hawthorn and St Kilda.
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.
He was the club's vice-captain from 1930 to 1932. His career ended in 1932, when he badly injured his groin.