Mil Hanna | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Milham Hanna | ||
Date of birth | 5 April 1966 | ||
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 | |||
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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]