Thomas S. Hammond
Tom Hammond, from the 1903 Michigan Wolverines team photograph
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
October 29, 1883 Crown Point, New York |
| Died | June 15, 1950 (aged 66) Chicago, Illinois |
| Playing career | |
| 1903–1905 | Michigan |
| Position(s) | End, halfback, fullback, tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1906 | Ole Miss |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 4–2 |
Thomas Stevens "Tom" or "T.S." Hammond (October 29, 1883 – June 15, 1950) was an American business and political leader, soldier, and college football player and coach. He played football for Fielding H. Yost's renowned 1903, 1904 and 1905 "Point-a-Minute" football teams at the University of Michigan. In 1906, he served as the head coach of the Ole Miss Rebels football team. He worked for the Whiting Corporation in Harvey, Illinois, starting in 1907 and eventually became the company's president and chairman of the board. During World War I, Hammond served as an artillery officer in the Rainbow Division of the U.S. Army. He remained active in the Illinois National Guard after the war and rose to the rank of brigadier general. Hammond was also active in Republican Party politics and served as the chairman of the Illinois Citizens Republican Finance Committee and the Chicago America First Committee. During World War II, he was decorated for his work as chief of production of the Chicago ordnance district.
Hammond was born in 1883 at Crown Point, New York. He came from a family that manufactured iron for generations at Crown Point. His grandfather was Brig. Gen. John Hammond, who served in the Union Army during the Civil War and later became a U.S. Congressman from New York. When the Hammond family's iron works began to suffer as a result of competition from Lake Superior iron ore, the family moved to Chicago.
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