Robert Hammond (c. 1950 – 30 May 2017) was a Ghanaian footballer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | c. 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Ghana | ||
| Date of death | (aged 67)[1] | ||
| Place of death | United States | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Hearts of Oak | |||
| 1975 | Great Olympics | ||
| Hearts of Oak | |||
| International career | |||
| 1977 | Ghana | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Hammond played in the 1976 Summer Olympics qualification tournament.[2] The Ghana team qualified but later withdrew in protest of the New Zealand national rugby union team tour of apartheid South Africa.
He played in the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign for Ghana against Guinea.[3]
References
edit- ^ "BREAKING NEWS: Former Hearts of Oak great Robert Hammond confirmed dead - GHANAsoccernet.com". Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ "GHANA: GHANA CRUSHES GUINEA, 6 GOALS TO 2, IN OLYMPIC QUALIFYING FOOTBALL MATCH". www.itnsource.com. 14 December 1975. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ "Robert Hammond". 11v11.com. Retrieved 30 May 2017.