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Charles Hammett
File:Charles Hammett.png
Hammett pictured in The Syllabus 1911, Northwestern yearbook
Sport(s)Football, basketball
Biographical details
Born(1865-01-29)January 29, 1865
Frederick County, Maryland
DiedOctober 2, 1945(1945-10-02) (aged 80)
Meadville, Pennsylvania
Head coaching record
Overall35–19–6 (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. He died of a stroke in 1945 at the age of 80.[1][2]

Head coaching record[]

Football[]

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Northwestern Purple (Western Conference) (1910–1912)
1910 Northwestern 1–3–1 0–2 T–6th
1911 Northwestern 3–4 0–2 T–6th
1912 Northwestern 2–3–1 0–2 T–6th
Northwestern: 6–10–2 0–2
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
Indicates BCS bowl, Bowl Alliance or Bowl Coalition game.

References[]

  1. [1]
  2. "Charles E. Hammett", Frederick News-Post, October 8, 1945, Frederick, Maryland, p. 5

External links[]

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