A sports journalist's dream, headlines revealed that Elvis Hammond had the Canaries "all shook up" when he joined on a month's loan from Fulham on 13th August 2003.

A product of Fulham's youth academy, Elvis had been described by many pre-season reviews as "the young talent to look out for" at Fulham. A pacy and powerful striker, Elvis progressed through Fulham's academy and reserves before making his debut in a Worthington Cup tie aged just 19. He spent some of 2002/03 on loan to Bristol Rovers.

With an abundance of strikers (Saha, Marlet, Hayles, Sava, Boa Morte) at Fulham, Cottagers Manager Chris Coleman was happy to let Hammond continue his footballing education and development at Carrow Road. Elvis made his Norwich debut as a substitute in the 2-0 win over Rotherham on 16th August 2003. Never quite living up to the initial hype, Elvis was soon overshadowed by the arrival of Peter Crouch and Darren Huckerby. An injury cut short his spell at Norwich and he returned to Fulham on 12th September.

On 17th September 2004, Elvis was linked in The Sun with a move to Rotherham on loan, although this was denied by the Millers.

At the end of January 2005, Elvis joined Dutch strugglers RBC Roosendaal on loan until the end of the season after impressing their coaching staff when training with them. Returning to Craven Cottage, Elvis was loaned out to Leicester City in August 2005. This was made permanent on 31st January 2005, in a deal that could earn the Cottagers £325,000.

At the beginning of March 2006, Elcis made his international debut for Ghana in a friendly clash with Mexico.

In June 2007, new Leicester boss Martin Allen informed Hammond and teammates Alan Maybury and Stephen Hughes that he had no need for them. "It is nothing personal, nothing they have done wrong, but I have got to make changes," Allen added. "People on the periphery may have to make way."