Bobby Hammond

{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1952)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Bobby Hammond

| number = 33, 34

| position = Running back

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|2|20|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Orangeburg, South Carolina, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| weight_lb = 171

| height_in = 10

| high_school = Bayside (NY)

| college = Morgan State

| undraftedyear = 1975

| pastteams =

| pastcoaching =

| highlights =

  • Morgan State University Athletic Hall of Fame

| statlabel1 = Rushing attempts

| statvalue1 = 332

| statlabel2 = Rushing yards

| statvalue2 = 1,401

| statlabel3 = Rushing TDs

| statvalue3 = 4

| pfr = HammBo00

| coachrecord = 4–8 (WLAF)

}}

Robert Lee Hammond (born February 20, 1952) is an American former professional football player and coach. He was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for five seasons with the New York Giants and Washington Redskins after playing college football for the Morgan State Bears.{{cite news |last=Moran |first= Malcolm|date=August 4, 1983 |title=Players; Hammond recalls an angry youth |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/04/sports/players-hammond-recalls-an-angry-youth.html |work= New York Times|location= |page=B15 |access-date=January 24, 2024}} Hammond also was an assistant coach in the NFL for 11 years and served as head coach for the London Monarchs of the World League of American Football (WLAF) from 1995 to 1996.

Early years

Later years

After retiring from playing football, Hammond worked for the Pony sportswear company, signing players for product endorsements.{{cite news |last= Remnick|first=David |date=February 9, 1983 |title= Hammond Is Counting on Different Numbers Under Federalism |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1983/02/09/hammond-is-counting-on-different-numbers-under-federalism/caef9ed8-8882-41b6-a8e4-f4a5e34180fa/ |work= The Washington Post|location= |access-date=January 24, 2024}}

Now holding a doctorate and working in higher education, Hammond currently coordinates an academic support program at Camden County College in Camden, New Jersey.{{cite web |url=https://www.camdencc.edu/camden-scholars/ |website=Camden County College |title=Camden Scholars Program |access-date=October 23, 2024}}

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