Frank Hanna (footballer, born 1924)

For the Carlton player, see Frank Hanna (footballer, born 1893).

Frank Hanna
Personal information
Full name	Frank Hanna
Date of birth	(1924-04-05)5 April 1924
Place of birth	Walwa, Victoria
Date of death	28 November 2010(2010-11-28) (aged 86)
Place of death	Burnie, Tasmania
Original team(s)	Walwa
Position(s)	Ruckman
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1947–49	Melbourne	30 (3)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Frank Hanna (5 April 1924 – 28 November 2010)[1][2] was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[3]

In 1948 he was badly injured when Jack Dyer strongly bumped him, breaking his collarbone and suffering a concussion. He was carried from the ground on the stretcher and Dyer played the remainder of the game thinking he had killed Hanna.[1][4]

In 1949 he coached the Horsham Football Club before moving to Tasmania in 1950 to coach Yeoman Football Club[5] and then Burnie Football Club from 1951.[6]

Notes

1. "Vale past player Frank Hanna".
2. "Frank Hanna – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
3. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 259. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.
4. "HANNA AND SIER BADLY INJURED". The Argus. Melbourne. 9 August 1948. p. 6. Retrieved 26 November 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "To Coach Yeoman". The Examiner. Launceston, Tasmania. 26 January 1950. p. 18. Retrieved 26 November 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "Frank Hanna To Coach Burnie Team". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. 10 March 1951. p. 35. Retrieved 26 November 2013 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

• Frank Hanna's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Frank Hanna's profile at Demonwiki