Robert Hammond (footballer)
Ghanaian footballer
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Robert Hammond (5 May 1950 – 30 May 2017)[1] was a Ghanaian footballer.
Date of birth
5 May 1950[1]
Place of birth
Ghana
Date of death
30 May 2017 (aged 67)[2]
Place of death
United States
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 May 1950[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Ghana | ||
| Date of death | 30 May 2017 (aged 67)[2] | ||
| Place of death | United States | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1967 | Great Olympics | ||
| 1968–1985 | Hearts of Oak | ||
| International career | |||
| 1975–1977[1] | Ghana | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
International career
Hammond played in the 1976 Summer Olympics qualification tournament.[3] 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.[4]