Robert Allen Hammond (16 February 1942 – 30 May 2020) was an

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er who played for

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and Norwood in the

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(SANFL) during the 1960s and early 1970s. He later served as coach of the

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in the

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(VFL). Hammond played his early football at Kilburn before being recruited to North Adelaide. He took a while to break into the senior side but when he did in 1960 he was a member of their premiership team. A key defender, he also participated in North Adelaide's premiership years of 1971/72 and played in the club's 1972

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win. While at North Adelaide he represented

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at an interstate level in a win over

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in 1963, one of eight times that he would appear for his state. Norwood lured Hammond to their club in 1974 as captain-coach and he went on to have success. After retiring as a player at the end of his initial season, Hammond steered them to premierships in 1975 and 1978. His coaching career continued at the interstate level and he was in charge of the South Australian team which defeated Victoria for the first time at State of Origin level, in 1983. The following year he coached the Sydney Swans in eight games during the

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after Ricky Quade resigned and Tony Franklin was a caretaker coach for a single game. Hammond initially said he would have been interested in continuing as Swan coach, but his business interests in Adelaide supermarkets forced him to resign in the second week after his final match with the club. From 1991 to 2000, Hammond served as the chairman of the

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, a tenure during which they won two premierships. In 2001 he was named as a

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in North Adelaide's official Team of the Century, then in 2002 was inducted into the

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, followed by the

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in 2015. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in June 2003.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hammond, Bob 1942 births 2020 deaths Sydney Swans coaches North Adelaide Football Club players Norwood Football Club players Norwood Football Club coaches Adelaide Football Club administrators Australian rules footballers from Perth, Western Australia Australian rules footballers from South Australia South Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees Members of the Order of Australia Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal