Foy Hayden Hammons (January 22, 1894 – July 16, 1961) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the First District Agricultural School of Jonesboro, Arkansas—now known as Arkansas State University—from 1919 to 1921, at Ouachita Baptist University from 1926 to 1930, and at Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College—now known as the University of Arkansas at Monticello—from 1931 to 1933, compiling a career college football record of 44–32–13.
Biographical details | |
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Born | Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. | January 22, 1894
Died | July 16, 1961 Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. | (aged 67)
Playing career | |
1913–1915 | Jonesboro Aggies |
1919 | Jonesboro Aggies |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1919–1921 | Jonesboro Aggies |
1926–1930 | Ouachita Baptist |
1931–1933 | Arkansas A&M |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 44–32–13 (college) |
Hammons also coached high school football at Pine Bluff High School and Hope High School in Arkansas. He died in 1961 after a long illness.[1]
Head coaching record
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editYear | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Jonesboro Aggies (Independent) (1919–1921) | |||||||||
1919 | Jonesboro Aggies | 2–5 | |||||||
1920 | Jonesboro Aggies | 3–3 | |||||||
1921 | Jonesboro Aggies | 3–2–1 | |||||||
Jonesboro Aggies: | 8–10–1 | ||||||||
Ouachita Baptist Tigers (Independent) (1926) | |||||||||
1926 | Ouachita Baptist | 6–0–1 | |||||||
Ouachita Baptist Tigers (Arkansas Association) (1927) | |||||||||
1927 | Ouachita Baptist | 6–1–2 | |||||||
Ouachita Baptist Tigers (Independent) (1928–1930) | |||||||||
1928 | Ouachita Baptist | 5–3–1 | |||||||
1929 | Ouachita Baptist | 3–5–2 | |||||||
1930 | Ouachita Baptist | 5–3–1 | |||||||
Ouachita Baptist: | 25–12–7 | ||||||||
Arkansas A&M Boll Weevils (Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference) (1931–1933) | |||||||||
1931 | Arkansas A&M | 7–2–1 | |||||||
1932 | Arkansas A&M | 2–5–2 | |||||||
1933 | Arkansas A&M | 2–3–2 | |||||||
Arkansas A&M: | 11–10–5 | ||||||||
Total: | 44–32–13 |
References
edit- ^ "Foy Hammons Dies After Long Illness". The Northwest Arkansas Times. Fayetteville, Arkansas. Associated Press. July 17, 1961. p. 9. Retrieved January 30, 2016 – via Newspapers.com .
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