Background
Hammack was born in Roscoe, Texas in 1933.
Hammack was born in Roscoe, Texas in 1933.
He attended Roscoe High School, where he played for the Roscoe Plowboys high school football team After graduating from high school, he attended Arlington State Junior College in Arlington, Texas, and played football for the Arlington State Rebels.
Hammack played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Chicago and Saint Louis Cardinals of the NFL.
Hammack accepted an athletic scholarship to transfer to the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Bob Woodruff"s Florida Gators football team in 1953 and 1954. Hammack returned to Florida to finish his bachelor"s degree in 1958, and was later inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great."
The Chicago Cardinals selected Hammack in the third round (twenty-sixth pick overall) in the 1955 NFL Draft, and he played his entire twelve-year professional career for the Cardinals, in both Chicago (1955–1959) and Saint Louis (1960–1966). Hammack was used primarily as a blocking fullback, but he still had 320 carries for 1,278 yards and seven touchdowns in his career.