Samuel Mowbray Hammond (October 24, 1870 – November 20, 1934)[1] was an American college football coach and physician. He served as the head football coach at Purdue University for one season in 1896 and at Lehigh University for one season in 1897, compiling a career record of 7–9–1.
Hammond was named the sixth head football coach at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and he held that position for the 1897 season. His coaching record at Lehigh was 3–7.
Medical career and death
Hammond graduated from the Yale School of Medicine in 1893. While coaching football at Purdue, he was also a member of the physics faculty. Hammond practiced medicine as an ear and eye specialist in Hartford and New Haven, Connecticut for nearly four decades. He died at his winter home in St. Petersburg, Florida on November 20, 1934.[2]
