Frank Hanna (footballer, born 1924)

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

Frank Hanna
Personal information
Full name Frank Hanna
Born (1924-04-05)5 April 1924
Walwa, Victoria
Died 28 November 2010(2010-11-28) (aged 86)
Burnie, Tasmania
Original team Walwa[1]
Height / weight 189 cm / 85 kg
Position Ruckman
Playing career1
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)[2][3] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[4]

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.[2][5]

In 1949 he coached the Horsham Football Club before moving to Tasmania in 1950 to coach Yeoman Football Club[6] and then Burnie Football Club from 1951.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ "1950 - Football". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW : 1934 - 1935; 1938 - 1954). 17 August 1950. p. 15. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  2. ^ a b Carroll, Lynda (1 December 2010). "Vale past player Frank Hanna". melbournefc.com.au. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Frank Hanna – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "HANNA AND SIER BADLY INJURED". The Argus. Melbourne. 9 August 1948. p. 6. Retrieved 31 July 2025 – via Trove.
  6. ^ "To Coach Yeoman". The Examiner. Launceston, Tasmania. 26 January 1950. p. 18. Retrieved 31 July 2025 – via Trove.
  7. ^ "Frank Hanna To Coach Burnie Team". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. 10 March 1951. p. 35. Retrieved 31 July 2025 – via Trove.
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