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Mil Hanna
Personal information
Full name Milham Hanna
Date of birth (1966-04-05) 5 April 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth Qantara, Lebanon[1]
Original team(s) East Brunswick, Victoria, Australia
Height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1986–1997 Carlton 190 (83)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1997.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Milham Hanna (born 5 April 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer best known for his playing career with the Carlton Football Club in the 1980s and 1990s.[2]

Nicknamed The Cranium (after his cleanly shaven head, due to alopecia)[3] or simply Mil for short, Hanna is distinguished as having been the first Lebanese-born player in the history of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).[4] and the only AFL player of Lebanese descent until the debut of Bachar Houli in 2007.[citation needed]

Hanna grew up in the inner-northern suburbs of Melbourne, where he played his junior football in Brunswick East.[2] He was educated at East Brunswick High and Strathmore Secondary College.[5]

He was known in the VFL/AFL for his athletic physique and fast pace playing as a tall running wingman.[2]

Hanna made his senior playing debut in 1986, but ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament during his first game. Following almost a year of rehabilitation, he enjoyed a largely injury-free career with Carlton.[citation needed]

Hanna played in two AFL Grand Finals for Carlton: in the 1993 losing side and Carlton's premiership-winning team in 1995. He was selected as a member of the All-Australian team in 1992.[2]

After being delisted by Carlton, he trained with Richmond, but was unable to be drafted by them due to Richmond being banned from participating in the 1998 pre-season draft due to them exceeding the salary cap in 1997.[6]

Hanna was inducted into Carlton's Hall of Fame in 2016.[7]

Statistics

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Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
1986 Carlton 47 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 — 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 — 0
1987 Carlton 13 8 9 6 51 19 70 11 6 1.1 0.8 6.4 2.4 8.8 1.4 0.8 0
1988 Carlton 13 16 3 8 111 38 149 37 6 0.2 0.5 6.9 2.4 9.3 2.3 0.4 0
1989 Carlton 13 20 4 7 254 101 355 97 31 0.2 0.4 12.7 5.1 17.8 4.9 1.6 9
1990 Carlton 13 20 4 6 246 121 367 96 28 0.2 0.3 12.3 6.1 18.4 4.8 1.4 3
1991 Carlton 13 21 23 21 217 142 359 82 24 1.1 1.0 10.3 6.8 17.1 3.9 1.1 6
1992 Carlton 13 22 4 3 253 102 355 86 32 0.2 0.1 11.5 4.6 16.1 3.9 1.5 6
1993 Carlton 13 20 2 10 232 123 355 79 24 0.1 0.5 11.6 6.2 17.8 4.0 1.2 4
1994 Carlton 13 23 15 12 249 165 414 112 23 0.7 0.5 10.8 7.2 18.0 4.9 1.0 6
1995† Carlton 13 21 14 11 261 122 383 117 18 0.7 0.5 12.4 5.8 18.2 5.6 0.9 7
1996 Carlton 13 10 3 2 103 50 153 51 13 0.3 0.2 10.3 5.0 15.3 5.1 1.3 0
1997 Carlton 13 8 2 1 56 27 83 29 6 0.3 0.1 7.0 3.4 10.4 3.6 0.8 0
Career 190 83 88 2034 1010 3044 798 211 0.4 0.5 10.7 5.3 16.0 4.2 1.1 41

References

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  1. ^ "OUR HISTORY: Mil Hanna". Carlton FC.
  2. ^ a b c d Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2003). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (5th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 291. ISBN 1-74095-032-1.
  3. ^ Paula Hunt; Glenn Manton (1 January 2006). Mongrel Punts and Hard Ball Gets: An A-Z of Footy Speak. Red Dog Books. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-921167-28-7. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  4. ^ Garry Chapman (June 2007). The Lebanese in Australia. Macmillan Education Australia. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-4202-0893-1. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Mil". Humans of Hampton. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  6. ^ "1998 review". Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  7. ^ Collins, Ben (16 April 2016). "Blue note night as Carlton names greats". AFL.com.au.
  8. ^ Mil Hanna's player profile at AFL Tables
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