Ken Hands

Ken Hands
Personal information
Date of birth	(1926-10-26) 26 October 1926
Original team(s)	North Geelong
Debut	Round 5, 1945, Carlton v. St Kilda, at Princes Park
Height/Weight	185 cm, 85 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1945-1957	Carlton	211 (188)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1959-1964	Carlton	114 (60-51-3)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1957 season.
Career highlights
Carlton Premiers 1945, 1947 Carlton Best & Fairest 1953 Victorian Representative: 12 times. 1953, 54, 57. Captain/Coach Victoria 1954 & 1957 Carlton Captain 1952-1957 Carlton Coach 1959-1964 (Runners up 1962) Carlton Team of the Century 2001 (Deputy Vice Captain) AFL Life Member 2001 Official Carlton Legend (10th)2006 AFL Hall of Fame 2009 AFL Life Member Named Carlton's 11th Greatest Player in the 150th Year Celebrations 2014.

Ken Hands (born 26 October 1926) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

On the death of team mate Alex Way on 7 November 2014, Hands became the last surviving member of Carlton's 1945 Premiership team.^[1]

References

↑ De Bolfo, Tony. ""Bloodbath" Blue dies... and then there was one". Carlton Football Club. Australian Football League. Retrieved 10 November 2014.

Ken Hands at Blueseum
Ken Hands's statistics from AFL Tables
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

Carlton Football Club 1945/47 VFL premiers

1945: Carlton 15.13 (103) defeated South Melbourne 10.15 (75), at Princes Park 1947: Carlton 13.8 (86) defeated Essendon 11.19 (85), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. Hands 3. Bennett 7. Turner 12. Williams 15. Brown 21. Baxter 23. Deacon 25. Baird 26. Clark

Coach: Bentley

Captains of the Carlton Football Club

1897–1898: Aitken
1898–1899: Walton
1900–1901: Stuckey
1902–1904: McShane
1905–1907: Flynn
1908–1911: Elliott
1912–1913: Wells
1914–1917: Dick
1918: McGregor
1919: Fisher
1920: O'Brien
1921: Green
1922–1923: Clover
1924: O'Brien
1925: Beasy
1925–26: Brew
1927: Clover
1928–1931: Brew
1932: Martyn
1933: Gill
1934: Johnson
1935: Davey
1936: Francis
1937: Clarke
1938–1940: Diggins
1941–1944: Francis
1944: Atkinson
1945–1946: Chitty
1947–1952: Henfry
1952: Hands
1958–1960: Comben
1961–1962: Donaldson
1963: Nicholls
1964: Silvagni
1965–1968: Barassi
1968–1974: Nicholls
1974–1976: Jesaulenko
1977–1978: Walls
1978–1979: Jesaulenko
1980–1983: Fitzpatrick
1984–1985: Johnston
1986: Maclure
1987–1997: Kernahan
1998–2001: Bradley
2002–2003: Ratten
2003: McKay
2004–2006: Koutoufides
2007: Whitnall
2008–2012: Judd
2013–: Murphy

Coaches of the Carlton Football Club

1902–1909: Worrall 1909–1911: Elliott 1912: Clark 1913: Wells 1914–1918: Clark 1919: Valentine 1920–1922: Clark 1922–1923: Clover 1924: Parratt 1925: Caldwell 1925: O'Brien 1926: Brew 1927: Clover 1928: Brew 1929–1934: Minogue 1935–1936: Maher 1937: Rowe 1938–1940: Diggins 1941–1955: Bentley 1956–1958: Francis 1959–1964: Hands 1965–1971: Barassi 1972–1975: Nicholls 1972; 1975: McKenzie 1976–1977: Thorogood 1978: Stewart 1978: Silvagni 1978–1979: Jesaulenko 1980: Jones 1981–1985: Parkin 1986–1989: Walls 1989–1990: Jesaulenko 1991–2000: Parkin 2001–2002: Brittain 2003–2007: Pagan 2007–2012: Ratten 2013–2015: Malthouse 2015: Barker 2016–: Bolton

Italics denote caretaker coach

Carlton Football Club · Team of the Century

Full-back	Bruce Comben Stephen Silvagni Geoff Southby

Half-back	John James Bert Deacon Bruce Doull

Centre	Garry Crane Greg Williams Craig Bradley

Half-forward	Wayne Johnston Stephen Kernahan (c) Alex Jesaulenko

Full-forward	Ken Hands Harry Vallence Rod Ashman

Ruck	John Nicholls Sergio Silvagni Adrian Gallagher

Interchange	Robert Walls Mike Fitzpatrick Ken Hunter Trevor Keogh

Coach	David Parkin

John Nicholls Medal · Carlton Football Club Best and Fairest winners

1929: Clover
1934: Crisp
1935: Francis
1936: Clarke
1937: McIntyre
1938: Crisp
1939: Gill
1940: Francis
1941: Chitty
1942: Mooring
1943: Gniel
1944: Chitty
1945: Savage
1946: Howell
1947: Deacon/Henfry
1948: Howell
1949: Henfry
1950: Hodgson
1951: Clark
1952: Grieve
1953: Hands
1954: Milroy
1955: James
1956: Beasy
1957: Comben
1958: Comben
1959: Nicholls
1960: James
1961: James
1962: Sergio Silvagni
1963: Nicholls
1964: Collis
1965: Nicholls
1966: Nicholls
1967: Nicholls
1968: Sergio Silvagni
1969: Crane
1970: Gallagher
1971: Southby
1972: Southby
1973: Jones
1974: Doull
1975: Jesaulenko
1976: Keogh
1977: Doull
1978: Keogh
1979: Fitzpatrick
1980: Doull
1981: Hunter
1982: Buckley
1983: Johnston
1984: Doull
1985: Madden
1986: Bradley/Johnston
1987: Kernahan
1988: Bradley
1989: Kernahan
1990: Stephen Silvagni
1991: Madden
1992: Kernahan
1993: Bradley
1994: Williams
1995: Ratten
1996: Stephen Silvagni
1997: Ratten
1998: Brown
1999: Allan
2000: Ratten/Camporeale
2001: Koutoufides
2002: McKernan
2003: McKay
2004: Teague
2005: Koutoufides
2006: Whitnall
2007: Carrazzo
2008: Judd
2009: Judd
2010: Judd
2011: Murphy
2012: Scotland
2013: Simpson
2014: Gibbs
2015: Cripps

1953 Sporting Life Team of the Year

Defenders Bernie Smith (Geelong) Herb Henderson (Footscray) Merv McIntosh (Perth) Jack Collins (Footscray) Len Fitzgerald (Sturt) Des Rowe (Richmond)

Midfielders Des Healey (Collingwood) Jack Clarke (Essendon) Jack Lynch (West Adelaide)

Forwards Bob Rose (Collingwood) Jack Howell (Carlton) Jim Deane (South Adelaide) Roy Wright (Richmond) John Coleman (Essendon) Peter Pianto (Geelong)

Followers Ken Hands (Carlton) John Leedham (North Launceston) Bill Hutchison (Essendon)

1954 Sporting Life Team of the Year

Defenders Wally Donald (Footscray) Ken Caporn (Claremont) John Marriott (Norwood) Noel McMahen (Melbourne) Laurie Kettlewell (Subiaco) Jim Gallagher (Footscray)

Midfielders Jack Lynch (West Adelaide) Ted Whitten (Footscray) Keith Harper (Perth)

Forwards Jim Deane (Richmond) John Brady (North Melbourne) Bob Rose (Collingwood) Neil Mann (Collingwood) Jack Collins (Footscray) Peter Pianto (Geelong)

Followers Ken Hands (Carlton) John Leedham (North Launceston) Bill Hutchison (Essendon)

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