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Frank Hanna (footballer, born 1924)

Frank Hanna (footballer, born 1924)

Australian rules footballer

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

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]

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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. [1]
    "Vale past player Frank Hanna".
  2. [2]
    "Frank Hanna – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  3. [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. [4]
    "HANNA AND SIER BADLY INJURED". The Argus. Melbourne. 9 August 1948. p. 6. Retrieved 26 November 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. [5]
    "To Coach Yeoman". The Examiner. Launceston, Tasmania. 26 January 1950. p. 18. Retrieved 26 November 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. [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.
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