Mil Hanna

Mil Hanna
Personal information
Full name	Milham Hanna
Date of birth	5 April 1966
Place of birth	Lebanon
Original team(s)	Brunswick East, Victoria, Australia
Height/Weight	• 186 centimetres (6 feet 1 inch)  • 92 kilograms (203 pounds)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1986–1997	Carlton	190 (83)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1997 season.
Career highlights
All-Australian team: 1992 Runner-up Carlton Best and Fairest: 1992 Grand Final side: 1993 Premiership player: 1995

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.^[1]

Nicknamed The Cranium (after his cleanly shaven head, due to alopecia)^[2] 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).^[3] and the only AFL player of Lebanese descent until the debut of Bachar Houli in 2007.

Hanna grew up in the inner-northern suburbs of Melbourne, where he played his junior football in Brunswick East.^[1]

He was known in the VFL/AFL for his athletic physique and fast pace playing as a tall running wingman.^[1]

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

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.^[1]

After being delisted by Carlton, he trained with Richmond, but was unable to be drafted by them due to the Richmond being banned from participating in the 1998 Pre-season Draft due to them exceeding the salary cap in 1997.^[4]

Hanna owns the Fitz Cafe in Fitzroy, Victoria.^[5]

References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Garry Chapman (June 2007). The Lebanese in Australia. Macmillan Education Australia. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-4202-0893-1. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
4. 1998 review
5. Mickelburough, Peter (24 December 2009). "Carlton's Levi Casboult forced to drink during Blues' booze-fuelled cruise". Herald Sun.