Peter Hannan (footballer)

Peter Alphonsus Hannan (18 October 1908 – 4 May 1938) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Peter Hannan
Personal information
Full name Peter Alphonsus Hannan
Date of birth (1908-10-18)18 October 1908
Place of birth Seymour, Victoria
Date of death 4 May 1938(1938-05-04) (aged 29)
Place of death Kew, Victoria
Original team(s) Yarraville
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1927 Melbourne 02 (0)
1929–32 Yarraville (VFA) 53 (1)
1933 Footscray 06 (0)
1933–34 Prahran (VFA) 03 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1933.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family edit

The son of William Michael Hannan, and Mary Hannan (-1944), née Breene,[2] Peter Alphonsus Hannan was born at Seymour, Victoria on 18 October 1908.

Death edit

He died at his parents' house in Kew at the age of 29 in May 1938.[3]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2009), p.341.
  2. ^ Deaths: Hannan, The Herald, (Friday, 4 February 1944), p.4.
  3. ^ "Deaths: Hannan". The Herald. No. 19, 020. Victoria, Australia. 4 May 1938. p. 24.

References edit

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.

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