Frank Hanna (footballer born 1893)

For the Melbourne player and coach in Tasmania, see Frank Hanna (footballer born 1924).
Frank Hanna
Personal information
Full name Frank James Hanna
Date of birth 7 March 1893
Place of birth Ascot Vale, Victoria
Date of death 23 June 1967(1967-06-23) (aged 74)
Original team(s) North Melbourne (VFA)
Height / weight 174 cm / 71 kg
Position(s) Rover
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1913–14 Carlton 3 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1914.

Frank James Hanna (7 March 1893 – 23 June 1967)[1]was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2] During the 1914 season he transferred to Hawthorn in the Victorian Football Association where he played until the end of the 1915 season.

He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in February 1916 and served in the Australian 119th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Battery as a gunner before becoming a driver, and reaching the rank of corporal, in the Australian Army Motor Transport Company.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Frank Hanna - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 341. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  3. ↑ "Military service record". National Archives of Australia.

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