Harry Hammond (footballer)

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Harry Hammond
Full name	Walter Henry Hammond
Date of birth	1868
Place of birth	Chorlton^{[disambiguation needed]}, England
Date of death	1921
Playing position	Outside-left
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
-1891 1891-1892 1892-1898 1898-1900 1900	Edge Hill Everton Sheffield United New Brighton Tower Leicester Fosse	001 0(0) 108 (56) 058 (29) 004 0(1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Walter Henry (Harry) Hammond (born 1868 in Chorlton^{[disambiguation needed]} – died 1921) was an English footballer, who played for Sheffield United between 1892-1897.

Hammond was a small but dangerous outside-left who started his career with non league Edge Hill. He was signed by Everton in 1891, but only made one appearance for the Merseyside team.

He then signed for Sheffield United in 1892 and went on to score 53 goals from 108 appearances for the Blades. He jointly holds the record number of goals scored in a match for Sheffield United - 5 versus Bootle in Division Two in 1892.

In 1898, he signed for New Brighton Tower making 58 appearances and 28 goals, before finishing his career with Leicester Fosse in 1900, scoring once from 4 matches.