Charles Hammett

Charles Hammett

Hammett pictured in The Syllabus 1911, Northwestern yearbook
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. He died of a stroke in 1945 at the age of 80.

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

External links

• Charles Hammett at Find a Grave