Brook Hannah

Brook Hannah
Brook Hannah
Personal information
Full name	Charles Brooking Hannah
Date of birth	28 September 1874
Place of birth	Heidelberg, Victoria
Date of death	14 January 1961 (aged 86)
Place of death	Tunbridge Wells, England
Position(s)	Rover / Forward
Playing career1
Years	Club
1897	Carlton
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1897.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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[]

^ 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.
^ De Bolfo, Tony (14 August 2014). "God's Footballer". Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2014.

External links[]

Brook Hannah's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Brook Hannah's profile at Blueseum

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[encyc-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". Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2014.

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