Billy Hammond

Billy Hammond
Personal information
Full name William Hammond
Date of birth (1887-10-25)25 October 1887
Place of birth Collingwood, Victoria
Date of death 16 February 1919(1919-02-16) (aged 31)
Place of death Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s) Collingwood District
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1911 Collingwood 4 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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]

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. ^ 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. ^ 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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