Mil Hanna

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
All-Australian team: 1992 Premiership player: 1995
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

^[8]

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

1. "OUR HISTORY: Mil Hanna". Carlton FC. 10 May 2013.
2. 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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