Ken Hands

Ken Hands
Ken Hands
Personal information
Date of birth	26 October 1926
Date of death	22 December 2017 (aged 91)
Original team(s)	North Geelong
Debut	Round 5, 1945, Carlton; vs. St Kilda, at Princes Park
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1945–1957	Carlton
Coaching career
Years	Club
1959–1964	Carlton
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1957.
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.;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ken Hands (26 October 1926 – 22 December 2017) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1] On the death of teammate Alex Way on 7 November 2014, Hands became the last surviving member of Carlton's 1945 Premiership team.^[2] On 22 December 2017, Hands died at the age of 91.^[3]

References[]

^ Kotton, Howard (23 December 2017). "Last member of Blues' 'Bloodbath' flag dead at 91". Australian Football League. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
^ De Bolfo, Tony. ""Bloodbath" Blue dies... and then there was one". Carlton Football Club. Australian Football League. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
^ "Blues morn loss of Hands". Carlton Football Club. 23 December 2017.

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

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v t 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

v t Coaches of the Carlton Football Club
VFL/AFL	1902–1909: Worrall 1909–1911: Elliott 1912: Clark 1913: Wells 1914–1918: Clark 1919: Valentine 1920–1922: Clark 1922–1923: Clover 1924: Parratt 1925: O'Brien 1925: Caldwell 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 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 2016–2019: Bolton 2019–2021: Teague 2022–: Voss
AFL Women's	2017–2018: Keeping 2019–: Harford
Italics denote caretaker coach

v t 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

v t
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)

v t
Defenders Wally Donald (Footscray) (Claremont) John Marriott (Norwood) Noel McMahen (Melbourne) (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)

Ken Hands
Personal information
Date of birth	(1926-10-26)26 October 1926
Date of death	22 December 2017(2017-12-22) (aged 91)
Original team(s)	North Geelong
Debut	Round 5, 1945, Carlton vs. St Kilda, at Princes Park
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
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.
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.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com