Charles Hammett Explained

Charles Hammett
Birth Date:29 January 1865
Birth Place:Frederick County, Maryland, U.S.
Death Place:Meadville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1910–1912
Coach Team2:Northwestern
Coach Years3:1913–1917
Coach Team3:Allegheny
Coach Years4:1919
Coach Team4:Allegheny
Coach Sport5:Basketball
Coach Years6:1911–1912
Coach Team6:Northwestern
Coach Years7:1913–1918
Coach Team7:Allegheny
Coach Years8:1919–1920
Coach Team8:Allegheny
Coach Years9:1921–1922
Coach Team9:Allegheny
Admin Years1:1910–1913
Admin Team1:Northwestern
Overall Record:35–19–6 (football)
60–41 (basketball)

Charles Edward Hammett Sr. (January 29, 1865 – October 2, 1945) was an American college football and college basketball coach and 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 coaching 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 coaching 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. He died of a stroke in 1945 at the age of 80.[1] [2]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Charles e. Hammett (1983) - Hall of Fame.
  2. "Charles E. Hammett", Frederick News-Post, October 8, 1945, Frederick, Maryland, p. 5