Brook Hannah

Brook Hannah
Personal information
Full name Charles Brooking Hannah
Date of birth (1874-09-28)28 September 1874
Place of birth Heidelberg, Victoria
Date of death 21 January 1961(1961-01-21) (aged 86)
Place of death Tunbridge Wells, England
Position(s) Rover / Forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1897 Carlton 14 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1897 season.

Charles Brooking 'Brook' Hannah (28 September 1874 – 14 January 1961) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

After retiring from playing football, Hannah joined the China Inland Mission as an ordained missionary. He survived the attacks on foreign Christian missionaries during the Boxer Rebellion and served as a missionary for over 50 years before retiring to Tunbridge Wells in England with his wife, May, an English born missionary.[2]


Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 341. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  2. De Bolfo, Tony (14 August 2014). "God's Footballer".

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