Mil Hanna

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.^[2]

Nicknamed The Cranium (after his cleanly shaven head, due to alopecia)^[3] 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).^[4] and the only AFL player of Lebanese descent until the debut of Bachar Houli in 2007.^{[citation needed]}

Born in Qantara, Lebanon to a Maronite family, Hanna grew up in the inner-northern suburbs of Melbourne, where he played his junior football in Brunswick East.^[5][2] He was educated at East Brunswick High and Strathmore Secondary College.^[6]

He was known in the VFL/AFL for his athletic physique and fast pace playing as a tall running wingman.^[2]

Hanna made his senior playing debut in 1986, but ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament during his first game. Following almost a year of rehabilitation, he enjoyed a largely injury-free career with Carlton.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[2]

After being delisted by Carlton, he trained with Richmond, but was unable to be drafted by them due to Richmond being banned from participating in the 1998 pre-season draft due to them exceeding the salary cap in 1997.^[7]

Hanna was inducted into Carlton's Hall of Fame in 2016.^[8]