Malcolm Eugene Hammack (June 19, 1933 – July 19, 2004) was an American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for twelve years during the 1950s and 1960s.
[3] As a senior in 1954, he was a second-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection and the first recipient of the Gators' Fergie Ferguson Award, recognizing the "senior football player who displays outstanding leadership, character and courage.
[4] 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.
"[5] The Chicago Cardinals selected Hammack in the third round (26th pick overall) in the 1955 NFL draft,[6] and he played his entire twelve-year professional career for the Cardinals, in both Chicago (1955–1959) and St. Louis (1960–1966).
[7] Hammack was used primarily as a blocking fullback, but he still had 320 carries for 1,278 yards and seven touchdowns in his career.