Charles Hammett

Charles Hammett
Hammett pictured in The Syllabus 1911, Northwestern yearbook
Sport(s) Football, basketball
Biographical details
Born (1865-01-29)January 29, 1865
Frederick County, Maryland
Died October 2, 1945(1945-10-02) (aged 80)
Meadville, Pennsylvania
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1910–1912 Northwestern
1913–1917 Allegheny
1919 Allegheny
Basketball
1911–1912 Northwestern
1913–1918 Allegheny
1919–1920 Allegheny
1921–1922 Allegheny
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1910–1913 Northwestern
Head coaching record
Overall 35–19–6 (football)
60–41 (basketball)

Charles Edward Hammett, Sr. (January 29, 1865 – October 2, 1945) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Northwestern University from 1910 to 1912 and at Allegheny College from 1913 to 1917 and in 1919, compiling a career college football record of 35–19–6. Hammett was also the head basketball coach at Northwestern (1911–1912) and Allegheny (1913–1918, 1919–1920, 1921–1922), tallying a career college basketball mark of 60–41. In addition, he served as Northwestern's athletic director from 1910 to 1913.

Hammett was born in Frederick County, Maryland in 1865 to David Calvin and Ellen (née Krieger) Hammett.[1][2] He died of a stroke in 1945 at the age of 80.[3][4]

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Northwestern Purple (Western Conference) (1910–1912)
1910 Northwestern 1–3–10–2T–6th
1911 Northwestern 3–40–2T–6th
1912 Northwestern 2–3–10–2T–6th
Northwestern: 6–10–20–2
Allegheny Gators (Independent) (1913–1917)
1913 Allegheny 7–1
1914 Allegheny 6–0–1
1915 Allegheny 5–3
1916 Allegheny 4–2–1
1917 Allegheny 6–0–1
Allegheny Gators (Independent) (1919)
1919 Allegheny 1–3–1
Allegheny: 29–9–4
Total:35–19–6

References

  1. ↑ "Charles E. Hammett", Frederick News-Post, October 4, 1945, Frederick, Maryland
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  4. ↑ "Charles E. Hammett", Frederick News-Post, October 8, 1945, Frederick, Maryland, p. 5
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